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Mops (bat)

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Mops
Mops condylurus
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Mops

Lesson, 1842
Type species
Mops indicus
Lesson, 1842
Species

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Mops is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae. Molecular sequence data indicates that Mops and Chaerephon are not monophyletic taxa. However, the grouping of Chaerephon minus C. jobimena plus Mops was found to be monophyletic.[1]

Species within this genus are:[2]

Genus Mops - greater mastiff bats

References

Notes
  1. ^ Lamb, J. M.; Ralph, T. M. C.; Naidoo, T.; Taylor, P. J.; Ratrimomanarivo, F.; Stanley, W. T.; Goodman, S. M. (June 2011). "Toward a Molecular Phylogeny for the Molossidae (Chiroptera) of the Afro-Malagasy Region". Acta Chiropterologica. 13 (1): 1–16. doi:10.3161/150811011X578589.
  2. ^ Simmons, 2005, pp. 441–444; Stanley, 2008
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