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GENUS Mops
Author: | Lesson, 1842. | Citation: | Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim. Mammifères: 18. | Type Species: | Mops indicus Lesson, 1842 (= Molossus mops de Blainville, 1840). | Comments: | Formerly included in Tadarida, often as a subgenus, but apparently distinct; see Freeman (1981), also see Legendre (1984). Dunlop (1999) provided a key to subgenera and species in this genus. Two subgenera are recognized, Mops and Xiphonycteris. |
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