Taxonomy Profile: Chaerephon (Dobson 1874)

Chaerephon: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Chaerephon: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Chiroptera
bats |
morcego |
quiróptero |
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
free-tailed bats |
Subfamily : Molossinae
true free-tailed bats |
Genus : Chaerephon
Chaerephon Direct Children(s):
Chaerephon ansorgei
(Thomas 1913)
Chaerephon bemmeleni
(Jentink 1879)
Chaerephon chapini
(J A Allen 1917)
Chaerephon gallagheri
(Harrison 1975)
Chaerephon jobensis
(Miller 1902)
Chaerephon johorensis
(Dobson 1873)
Chaerephon major
(Trouessart 1897)
Chaerephon nigeriae
(Thomas 1913)
Chaerephon bivittatus
(Heuglin 1861)
Chaerephon bregullae
(Felten 1964)
Chaerephon leucogaster
(A Grandidier 1869)
Chaerephon plicatus
(Buchannan 1800)
Chaerephon pumilus
(Cretzschmar 1826)
Chaerephon russatus
(J A Allen 1917)
Chaerephon solomonis
(Troughton 1931)
Chaerephon tomensis
(Juste and Ibañez 1993)
Chaerephon pusillus
(Miller 1902)
Chaerephon jobimena
(Goodman and Cardiff 2004)
Chaerephon atsinanana
(Goodman Buccas Naidoo Ratrimomanarivo Taylor and Lamb 2010)
Chaerephon: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Chaerephon
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
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:
Chaerephon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
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:
Chaerephon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2019-01-01 / 2019-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats
Page(s):
1008
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
978-84-16728190/
Notes:
Reference for:
Chaerephon
Chaerephon: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Chaerephon: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Formerly included in Tadarida but apparently distinct, see Freeman (1981). Recognized as a subgenus of Tadarida by Hill (1983), Legendre (1984), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Peterson et al. (1995). Keys have been provided by a number of authors; see Taylor (1999) for a critical summary of those used for African species, and Corbet and Hill (1992) for SE Asian species. Also see Bouchard (1998), but note that her key apparently includes errors in the first two couplets (M. Happold, pers. comm....