Mops condylurus (A. Smith, 1833)

Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara & Hutterer, Rainer, 2015, Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid, Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2), pp. 255-282 : 275

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335982
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121-FFEF-FFC8-74B7-FB9C1B4B53E8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mops condylurus (A. Smith, 1833)
status

Treatment

Mops condylurus (A. Smith, 1833) View in CoL View at ENA

New material

ZFMK 2008.0308 View Materials +309, ♀♀, OU, 1 March 2008 ; ZFMK 2009.0034 View Materials , ♀, PF, 9 December 2008 ; ZFMK 2009.0035 View Materials , ♂, PF, 11 December 2008 .

Four individuals of this molossid were captured, two on the OU ridge and two on the PF ridge. Fahr et al. (2006) mention an earlier record from Ziama. In Sierra Leone, it is known from 20 specimens from Gola Forest Camp (4 mi S Lalehun); and from Fadugu and Fintonia in the Northern Province ( Grubb et al., 1998; Monadjem and Fahr, 2007: App. 11, USNM). Rosevear (1965: 337) stated that this species is widely distributed “from the arid Sahel woodland to the evergreen rainforest belt, though most of the records for the latter are from places where the forest has been much destroyed”. Natural roost sites are holes in trunks and branches of hollow trees, but this species has adapted to form large colonies in roofs and can “become a major pest in dwellings and stores” ( Rosevear, 1965: 338).

Conservation status

Least Concern. A widely distributed and common species. Population trend unknown ( IUCN, 2015).