NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Malayan Free-tailed Bat
Mops (Mops) mops (de Blainville, 1840)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mops (Mops) mops (de Blainville, 1840)
- Name authority
- (de Blainville, 1840)
- Common name
- Malayan Free-tailed Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Molossidae
- Genus
- Mops
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyMolossidae Gervais, 1856
- subfamilyMolossinae Gervais, 1856
- genusMops Lesson, 1842
- subgenusMops Lesson, 1842
- speciesMops (Mops) mops (de Blainville, 1840)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Short-winged Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) brachypterus (Peters, 1852) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) condylurus (A. Smith, 1833) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) leucostigma (G. M. Allen, 1918) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Midas Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) midas (Sundevall, 1843) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) nanulus J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Niangara Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) niveiventer Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Railer BatMops (Xiphonycteris) thersites (Thomas, 1903) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) congicus J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bakari's Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) bakarii Stanley, 2008 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongalla Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) demonstrator (Thomas, 1903) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peterson's Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) petersoni (El Rayah, 1981) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dysopes mops de Blainville, 1840 de Blainville, 1840 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632225 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44BRY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.