Mops jobimena

Species of bat

Black and red free-tailed bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mops
Species:
M. jobimena
Binomial name
Mops jobimena
Goodman & Cardiff, 2004[2]
Range
Synonyms

Tadarida jobimena (Goodman & Cardiff, 2004)

Mops jobimena, commonly known as the black and red free-tailed bat,[1] is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to western Madagascar.[1] With a forearm length of 45 to 48 mm (1.8 to 1.9 in),[2]

Habitat

The known habitats of the species are tropical dry deciduous forest and spiny forest at altitudes from 50 to 870 m. It roosts in trees as well as in houses and other buildings, but has not been found to commonly roost in caves.[1]

Taxonomy

Although currently listed as a member of the genus Mops, whose members it resembles morphologically, M. jobimena's closest relatives based on molecular evidence are Tadarida aegyptiaca of Africa and southwest Asia, and Tadarida brasiliensis of the Americas, which form a clade believed to be about 9.8 million years old. M. jobimena and T. aegyptiaca were found to be sister species.[3] The morphological resemblance thus apparently represents parallel or convergent evolution.[3]

Conservation status

Although the species is not common, it has an extensive range that includes the vicinity of four protected areas, and is not believed to be dependent on undisturbed forest habitat. For these reasons, it has been categorized as being of 'least concern' by the IUCN. Subsistence hunting may be a threat in southern Madagascar.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Monadjem, A.; Razafimanahaka, J.; Ranivo, J.; Kofoky, A.; Hutson, A.M.; Cardiff, S.G.; Andriafidison, D.; Goodman, S.; Jenkins, R.K.B.; Racey, P.A.; Ratrimomanarivo, F.H. (2017). "Chaerephon jobimena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136393A22014976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136393A22014976.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Goodman, S. M.; Cardiff, S. G. (December 2004). "A New Species of Chaerephon (Molossidae) from Madagascar with Notes on Other Members of the Family". Acta Chiropterologica. 6 (2): 227–248. doi:10.3161/001.006.0204. S2CID 85731842.
  3. ^ a b Lamb, J. M.; Ralph, T. M. C.; Naidoo, T.; Taylor, P. J.; Ratrimomanarivo, F.; Stanley, W. T.; Goodman, S. M. (June 2011). "Toward a Molecular Phylogeny for the Molossidae (Chiroptera) of the Afro-Malagasy Region". Acta Chiropterologica. 13 (1): 1–16. doi:10.3161/150811011X578589. S2CID 85394657.
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Extant species of family Molossidae
Subfamily Molossinae
Chaerephon
(Lesser mastiff bats)
  • Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat (C. aloysiisabaudiae)
  • C. atsinanana
  • Ansorge's free-tailed bat (C. ansorgei)
  • Gland-tailed free-tailed bat (C. bemmeleni)
  • Spotted free-tailed bat (C. bivittata)
  • Fijian mastiff bat (C. bregullae)
  • Chapin's free-tailed bat (C. chapini)
  • Gallagher's free-tailed bat (C. gallagheri)
  • Northern freetail bat (C. jobensis)
  • Red free-tailed bat (C. jobimena)
  • Northern free-tailed bat (C. johorensis)
  • Grandidier's free-tailed bat (C. leucogaster)
  • Lappet-eared free-tailed bat (C. major)
  • Nigerian free-tailed bat (C. nigeriae)
  • Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (C. plicata)
  • Little free-tailed bat (C. pumila)
  • Russet free-tailed bat (C. russata)
  • Solomons mastiff bat (C. solomonis)
  • São Tomé free-tailed bat (C. tomensis)
Cheiromeles
(Naked bats)
Cynomops
  • Cinnamon dog-faced bat (C. abrasus)
  • Freeman's dog-faced bat (C. freemani)
  • Greenhall's dog-faced bat (C. greenhalli)
  • Mexican dog-faced bat (C. mexicanus)
  • C. milleri
  • Para dog-faced bat (C. paranus)
  • Southern dog-faced bat (C. planirostris)
Eumops
(Mastiff bats)
  • Black bonneted bat (E. auripendulus)
  • Dwarf bonneted bat (E. bonariensis)
  • Big bonneted bat (E. dabbenei)
  • E. ferox
  • Florida bonneted bat (E. floridanus)
  • Wagner's bonneted bat (E. glaucinus)
  • Sanborn's bonneted bat (E. hansae)
  • Guianan bonneted bat (E. maurus)
  • E. nanus
  • Patagonian bonneted bat (E. patagonicus)
  • Western mastiff bat (E. perotis)
  • Colombian bonneted bat (E. trumbulli)
  • Underwood's bonneted bat (E. underwoodi)
  • E. wilsoni
Mormopterus
Subgenus Mormopterus
Natal free-tailed bat (M. acetabulosus)
M. francoismoutoui
Sumatran mastiff bat (M. doriae)
Peters's wrinkle-lipped bat (M. jugularis)
Kalinowski's mastiff bat (M. kalinowskii)
Little goblin bat (M. minutus)
Incan little mastiff bat (M. phrudus)
Subgenus Micronomus
East-coast free-tailed bat (M. norfolkensis)
Subgenus Ozimops
Beccari's free-tailed bat (M. beccarii)
M. halli
M. kitcheneri
M. loriae
M. lumsdenae
M. petersi
Southern free-tailed bat (M. planiceps)
Eastern free-tailed bat (M. ridei)
Subgenus Setirostris
M. eleryi
Molossops
(Broad-faced bats)
  • Equatorial dog-faced bat (M. (Cabreramops) aequatorianus)
  • Mato Grosso dog-faced bat (M. mattogrossensis)
  • Rufous dog-faced bat (M. neglectus)
  • Dwarf dog-faced bat (M. temminckii)
Molossus
(Velvety free-tailed bats)
  • Aztec mastiff bat (M. aztecus)
  • M. barnesi
  • Coiban mastiff bat (M. coibensis)
  • Bonda mastiff bat (M. currentium)
  • Velvety free-tailed bat (M. molossus)
  • Miller's mastiff bat (M. pretiosus)
  • Black mastiff bat (M. rufus)
  • Sinaloan mastiff bat (M. sinaloae)
  • M. trinitatus
Mops
(Greater mastiff bats)
Subgenus Xiphonycteris
Spurrell's free-tailed bat (M. spurrelli)
Dwarf free-tailed bat (M. nanulus)
Peterson's free-tailed bat (M. petersoni)
M. leonis
Sierra Leone free-tailed bat (M. brachyptera)
M. bakarii
Railer bat (M. thersites)
Subgenus Mops
Angolan free-tailed bat (M. condylurus)
White-bellied free-tailed bat (M. niveiventer)
Mongalla free-tailed bat (M. demonstrator)
Malayan free-tailed bat (M. mops)
Sulawesi free-tailed bat (M. sarasinorum)
Trevor's free-tailed bat (M. trevori)
M. congica
Midas free-tailed bat (M. midas)
Niangara free-tailed bat (M. niangarae)
Medje free-tailed bat (M. congicus)
M. leucostigma
Myopterus
  • Daubenton's free-tailed bat (M. daubentonii)
  • Bini free-tailed bat (M. whitleyi)
Neoplatymops
  • Mato Grosso dog-faced bat (N. mattogrossensis)
Nyctinomops
(New World
free-tailed bats)
  • Peale's free-tailed bat (N. aurispinosus)
  • Pocketed free-tailed bat (N. femorosaccus)
  • Broad-eared bat (N. laticaudatus)
  • Big free-tailed bat (N. macrotis)
Otomops
(Big-eared
free-tailed bats)
  • Javan mastiff bat (O. formosus)
  • Harrison's large-eared giant mastiff bat (O. harrisoni)
  • Johnstone's mastiff bat (O. johnstonei)
  • Madagascar free-tailed bat (O. madagascariensis)
  • Large-eared free-tailed bat (O. martiensseni)
  • Big-eared mastiff bat (O. papuensis)
  • Mantled mastiff bat (O. secundus)
  • Wroughton's free-tailed bat (O. wroughtoni)
Platymops
  • Peters's flat-headed bat (P. setiger)
Promops
(Domed-palate
mastiff bats)
  • Big crested mastiff bat (P. centralis)
  • P. davisoni
  • Brown mastiff bat (P. nasutus)
Sauromys
  • Roberts's flat-headed bat (S. petrophilus)
Tadarida
(Free-tailed bats)
  • Egyptian free-tailed bat (T. aegyptiaca)
  • White-striped free-tailed bat (T. australis)
  • Mexican free-tailed bat (T. brasiliensis)
  • Madagascan large free-tailed bat (T. fulminans)
  • European free-tailed bat (T. insignis)
  • New Guinea free-tailed bat (T. kuboriensis)
  • La Touche's free-tailed bat (T. latouchei)
  • Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat (T. lobata)
  • European free-tailed bat (T. teniotis)
  • African giant free-tailed bat (T. ventralis)
Subfamily Tomopeatinae
Tomopeas
  • Blunt-eared bat (T. ravus)
Taxon identifiers
Chaerephon jobimena