| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1917. |
| Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37: 468. |
| Common Name: | Niangaran Free-tailed Bat |
| Type Locality: | Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Niangara. |
| Distribution: | Dem. Rep. Congo (known only from the holotype). |
| Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Critically Endangered. |
| Comments: | Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori, while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as a subspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differed significantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus, and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. I follow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori/congicus complex. |
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