Mops (Mops) niangarae J. A. Allen 1917

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 443

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Mops (Mops) niangarae J. A. Allen 1917 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37: 468.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Niangara.

Vernacular Names: Niangaran Free-tailed Bat.

Distribution: Dem. Rep. Congo (known only from the holotype).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: 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.