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GENUS Chaerephon

Author:Dobson, 1874.
Citation:J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 43: 144.
Type Species:Molossus (Nyctinomus) johorensis Dobson, 1873.
Comments:Formerly included in Tadarida but apparently distinct, see Freeman (1981). Recognized as a subgenus of Tadarida by Hill (1983), Legendre (1984), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Peterson et al. (1995). Keys have been provided by a number of authors; see Taylor (1999) for a critical summary of those used for African species, and Corbet and Hill (1992) for SE Asian species. Also see Bouchard (1998), but note that her key apparently includes errors in the first two couplets (M. Happold, pers. comm.). Species groups follow Koopman (1994).
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Offspring:

SPECIES aloysiisabaudiae

SPECIES ansorgei

SPECIES bemmeleni

SUBSPECIES bemmeleni

SUBSPECIES cistura

SPECIES bivittatus

SPECIES bregullae

SPECIES chapini

SUBSPECIES chapini

SUBSPECIES lancasteri

SPECIES gallagheri

SPECIES jobensis

SUBSPECIES jobensis

SUBSPECIES colonicus

SPECIES johorensis

SPECIES leucogaster

SPECIES major

SPECIES nigeriae

SUBSPECIES nigeriae

SUBSPECIES spillmani

SPECIES plicatus

SUBSPECIES plicatus

SUBSPECIES dilatatus

SUBSPECIES insularis

SUBSPECIES luzonus

SUBSPECIES tenuis

SPECIES pumilus

SPECIES russatus

SPECIES shortridgei

SPECIES solomonis

SPECIES tomensis

Synonyms:

    Lophomops J. A Allen, 1917
    Nyctinomus E. Geoffroy, 1818

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