Mops Lesson 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 441

Mops Lesson 1842

Mops Lesson 1842 , Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim. Mammiferes: 18.

Type Species: Mops indicus Lesson 1842

Synonyms: Allomops J. A. Allen 1917 ; Philippinopterus Taylor 1934 .

Species and subspecies: 15 species with 10 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Mops (Mops) Lesson 1842

Subgenus Mops (Xiphonycteris) Dollman 1911

Species Mops (Xiphonycteris) brachypterus Peters 1852

Subspecies Mops (Xiphonycteris) brachypterus subsp. brachypterus Peters 1852

Subspecies Mops (Xiphonycteris) brachypterus subsp. leonis Thomas 1908

Species Mops (Mops) condylurus (A. Smith 1833)

Subspecies Mops (Mops) condylurus subsp. condylurus A. Smith 1833

Subspecies Mops (Mops) condylurus subsp. orientis G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1942

Subspecies Mops (Mops) condylurus subsp. osborni J. A. Allen 1917

Subspecies Mops (Mops) condylurus subsp. wonderi Sanbron 1936

Species Mops (Mops) congicus J. A. Allen 1917

Species Mops (Mops) demonstrator Thomas 1903

Species Mops (Mops) leucostigma G. M. Allen 1918

Species Mops (Mops) midas Sundevall 1842

Subspecies Mops (Mops) midas subsp. midas Sundevall 1842

Subspecies Mops (Mops) midas subsp. miarensis A. Grandidier 1869

Species Mops (Mops) mops (de Blainville 1840)

Species Mops (Xiphonycteris) nanulus J. A. Allen 1917

Species Mops (Mops) niangarae J. A. Allen 1917

Species Mops (Mops) niveiventer Cabrera and Ruxton 1926

Species Mops (Xiphonycteris) petersoni El Rayah 1981

Species Mops (Mops) sarasinorum A. Meyer 1899

Subspecies Mops (Mops) sarasinorum subsp. sarasinorum A. Meyer 1899

Subspecies Mops (Mops) sarasinorum subsp. lanei Taylor 1934

Species Mops (Xiphonycteris) spurrelli Dollman 1911

Species Mops (Xiphonycteris) thersites Thomas 1903

Species Mops (Mops) trevori J. A. Allen 1917

Discussion: Formerly included in Tadarida , often as a subgenus, but apparently distinct; see Freeman (1981), also see Legendre (1984). Dunlop (1999) provided a key to subgenera and species in this genus. Two subgenera are recognized, Mops and Xiphonycteris .