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--> FAMILY Molossidae
--> SUBFAMILY Molossinae
--> GENUS Mops
--> SUBGENUS Xiphonycteris
SPECIES Mops (Xiphonycteris) petersoni
Author: | El Rayah, 1981. | Citation: | R. Ontario Mus. Life Sci. Occas. Pap., 36: 3. | Common Name: | Peterson's Free-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Cameroon, 15 km S Kumba (4°39'N, 9°26'E). | Distribution: | Cameroon and Ghana. Koopman (1993) included "perhaps Sierra Leone" in the distribution, but there are apparently no documented records from that country (J. Fahr, pers. comm.). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Xiphonycteris. |
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