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--> GENUS Mops
--> SUBGENUS Xiphonycteris
SPECIES Mops (Xiphonycteris) nanulus
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1917. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37: 477. | Common Name: | Dwarf Free-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Niangara. | Distribution: | Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Kenya. A previous report of this species from The Gambia is in error, probably based on a specimen of brachypterus (J. Fahr, pers. comm.) | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Xiphonycteris. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
calabarensis Hayman, 1940
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