Mops (Xiphonycteris) petersoni El Rayah 1981

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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scientific name	Mops (Xiphonycteris) petersoni El Rayah 1981
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Mops (Xiphonycteris) petersoni El Rayah 1981 , R. Ontario Mus. Life Sci. Occas. Pap., 36: 3.

Type Locality: Cameroon, 15 km S Kumba (4°39'N, 9°26'E). GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Peterson's Free-tailed Bat.

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.).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Xiphonycteris .