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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 ''

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'' - 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 The gland-tailed free-tailed bat (''Mops bemmeleni'') is a species of bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are ...

, ''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 Chapin's free-tailed bat (''Mops chapini'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in central and southern Africa. Description Chapin's free-tailed bat is a relatively small species, measuring in length, including a tail, an ...

, ''Mops chapini'' *

Angolan free-tailed bat The Angolan free-tailed bat (''Mops condylurus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast ...

, ''Mops condylurus'' *

Medje free-tailed bat The Medje free-tailed bat (''Mops congicus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tr ...

, ''Mops congicus'' * Mongalla free-tailed bat, ''Mops demonstrator'' * Gallagher's free-tailed bat, ''Mops gallagheri'' * Northern freetail bat, ''Mops jobensis'' *''

Mops jobimena ''Mops jobimena'', commonly known as the black and red free-tailed bat, is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to western Madagascar. With a forearm length of 45 to 48 mm (1.8 to 1.9 in), Habitat The known habitats of t ...

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Northern free-tailed bat The northern free-tailed bat (''Mops johorensis'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1873 by Irish zoologist George Edward Dobson. D ...

, ''Mops johorensis'' *

Grandidier's free-tailed bat Grandidier's free-tailed bat (''Mops leucogaster'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. It has at times been considered synonymo ...

, ''Mops leucogaster'' *

Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat The Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat (''Mops leucostigma'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island ...

, ''Mops leucostigma'' *

Lappet-eared free-tailed bat The lappet-eared free-tailed bat (''Mops major'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzan ...

, ''Mops major'' *

Midas free-tailed bat The Midas free-tailed bat (''Mops midas'') is a species of bat scientifically classified in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae. It is distributed from western Africa to Saudi Arabia and further south. Its natural habitats are dry sav ...

, ''Mops midas'' *

Malayan free-tailed bat The Malayan free-tailed bat (''Mops mops'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Euras ...

, ''Mops mops'' *

Dwarf free-tailed bat The dwarf free-tailed bat (''Mops nanulus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda. It ...

, ''Mops nanulus'' *

Niangara free-tailed bat The Niangara free-tailed bat or Niangara mops bat (''Mops niangarae'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae known only from its holotype. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is either moist tropical for ...

, ''Mops niangarae'' *

Nigerian free-tailed bat The Nigerian free-tailed bat (''Mops nigeriae'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is native to two widely separated parts of Africa, and is sometimes considered to represent two separate species. Description The Nigerian free-ta ...

''Mops nigeriae'' * White-bellied free-tailed bat, ''Mops niveiventer'' * Peterson's free-tailed bat, ''Mops petersoni'' *

Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat The wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (''Mops plicatus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, S ...

, ''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 Spurrell's free-tailed bat (''Mops spurrelli'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae named after Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell. It is found in Central Africa, Central and West Africa, West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or ...

, ''Mops spurrelli'' *

Railer bat The Railer bat (''Mops thersites'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea ...

, ''Mops thersites'' *

São Tomé free-tailed bat SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of Y ...

, ''Mops tomensis'' * Trevor's free-tailed bat, ''Mops trevori''

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