Genus Mormopterus Peters, 1865

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• Mormopterus Peters, W. 1865. Abbildungen zu einer Monographie der Chiropteren vor und gab eine Übersicht der von ihm befolgten systematischen Ordnung der hieher gehörigen Gattungen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865: 256-258 [258] [originally proposed as a subgenus of Dysopes Illiger, 1811].

  Type species:

   Mormopterus jugularis Peters, 1865 by monotypy.
• Micronomus Troughton, E. le G. 1944. Furred Animals of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xxviii 374 pp. 25 pls. [publication date established from letter from Mr. R. Walsh, Angus & Robertson Publishers to J.A. Mahoney dated 7 June 1984] [361].

  Type species:

   Molossus norfolkensis Gray, 1839 (=Micronomus norfolkensis (Gray, 1839)) by original designation.

 

Introduction

Van Dyck & Strahan (2008) include and give detailsincluding distributions, of seven undescribed species, reflecting work by Reardon et al. (2008) that showed considerable genetic divergence within the 'planiceps-beccarii-loriae complex', and another possible species identified as 'Species 6'.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Freeman, P.W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana Zoology ns 7: i-viii 1-173 [160]
• Hill, J.E. 1961. Indo-Australian bats of the genus Tadarida. Mammalia 25: 29-56 [30]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Natal, Réunion, New Guinea and Amboina Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Afrotropical Region

• Ethiopia
• Madagascar
• Mauritius

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Neotropical Region

• Cuba
• Peru

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
  • Sumatra

Distribution References

Note

Mormopterus sp. 6 (south-east), listed in Clayton et al. (2006).

 

General References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [110] (list Mormopterus sp. 6 from 'southeast' as extinct species)

Reardon, T., Adams, M., McKenzie, N. & Jenkins, P. 2008. A new species of Australian freetail bat Mormopterus eleryi sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of M. norfolkensis (Gray). Zootaxa 1875: 1-31

van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.