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Otomops  Thomas, 1913
Taxonomic Serial No.: 631406

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): giant mastiff bats [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyMolossidae Gervais, 1856 – free-tailed bats  
                                           SubfamilyMolossinae Gervais, 1856 – true free-tailed bats  
                                              GenusOtomops Thomas, 1913 – giant mastiff bats  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SpeciesOtomops formosus Chasen, 1939 – Java Mastiff Bat, Java Giant Mastiff Bat 
                                                 SpeciesOtomops harrisoni Ralph, Richards, Taylor, Napier and Lamb, 2015 – Harrison's Giant Mastiff Bat 
                                                 SpeciesOtomops johnstonei Kitchener, How and Maryanto, 1992 – Johnstone's Giant Mastiff Bat 
                                                 SpeciesOtomops madagascariensis Dorst, 1953 – Malagasy Giant Mastiff Bat, Madagascar Giant Mastiff Bat 
                                                 SpeciesOtomops martiensseni (Matschie, 1897) – Large-eared Free-tailed Bat, Large-eared Giant Mastiff Bat 
                                                 SpeciesOtomops papuensis Lawrence, 1948 – Big-eared Mastiff Bat, Papuan Giant Mastiff Bat 
                                                 SpeciesOtomops secundus Hayman, 1952 – Mantled Mastiff Bat, Mantled Giant Mastiff Bat 
                                                 SpeciesOtomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913) – Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat, Wroughton's Giant Mastiff Bat 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson   
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Otomops    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Otomops   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Otomops   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995)  
 

 

    


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