NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Johnstone's Giant Mastiff Bat
Otomops johnstonei Kitchener, How & Maryanto, 1992
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
- Otomops johnstonei Kitchener, How & Maryanto, 1992
- Name authority
- Kitchener, How & Maryanto, 1992
- Common name
- Johnstone's Giant Mastiff Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Molossidae
- Genus
- Otomops
- 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
- genusOtomops Thomas, 1913
- speciesOtomops johnstonei Kitchener, How & Maryanto, 1992
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Otomops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Big-eared Mastiff BatOtomops papuensis Lawrence, 1948 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harrison's Giant Mastiff BatOtomops harrisoni Ralph, Richards, Taylor, Napier & Lamb, 2015 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar Giant Mastiff BatOtomops madagascariensis Dorst, 1953 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-eared Free-tailed BatOtomops martiensseni (Matschie, 1897) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantled Giant Mastiff BatOtomops secundus Hayman, 1952 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wroughton's Free-tailed BatOtomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- Kitchener, D. J., R. A. How, and I. Maryanto. (1992). A new species of Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Alor I., Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol. 15, No. 4. 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:4B7JW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.