Mops (mastiff bats or free-tailed bats) is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae. Molecular sequence data indicates that Mops and Chaerephon are not monophyletic taxa. However, the grouping of Chaerephon and Mops was found to be monophyletic when excluding C. jobimena.
Species within this genus are:Simmons, 2005, pp. 441–444; Stanley, 2008
Genus Mops - greater mastiff bats Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat, Mops aloysiisabaudiae Ansorge's free-tailed bat, Mops ansorgei Mops atsinanana Bakari's free-tailed bat, Mops bakarii Gland-tailed free-tailed bat, Mops bemmeleni Spotted free-tailed bat, Mops bivittatus Sierra Leone free-tailed bat, Mops brachypterus Fijian mastiff bat, Mops bregullae Chapin's free-tailed bat, Mops chapini Angolan free-tailed bat, Mops condylurus Medje free-tailed bat, Mops congicus Mongalla free-tailed bat, Mops demonstrator Gallagher's free-tailed bat, Mops gallagheri Northern freetail bat, Mops jobensis Mops jobimena Northern free-tailed bat, Mops johorensis Grandidier's free-tailed bat, Mops leucogaster Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat, Mops leucostigma Lappet-eared free-tailed bat, Mops major Midas free-tailed bat, Mops midas Malayan free-tailed bat, Mops mops Dwarf free-tailed bat, Mops nanulus Niangara free-tailed bat, Mops niangarae Nigerian free-tailed bat Mops nigeriae White-bellied free-tailed bat, Mops niveiventer Peterson's free-tailed bat, Mops petersoni Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, Mops plicatus Little free-tailed bat, Mops pumilus Mops pusillus Russet free-tailed bat, Mops russatus Sulawesi free-tailed bat, Mops sarasinorum Solomons mastiff bat, Mops solomonis Spurrell's free-tailed bat, Mops spurrelli Railer bat, Mops thersites São Tomé free-tailed bat, Mops tomensis Trevor's free-tailed bat, Mops trevori
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