Mops gallagheri (Harrison, 1975:313)
Gallagher's free-tailed bat, Gallagher's wrinkle-lipped bat, Zaïre gland-tailed bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Tadarida (Chaerephon) gallagheri Harrison, 1975:313 (basionym); Tadarida gallagheri Harrison, 1975:313; Chaerephon gallagheri (Harrison 1975:313)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 14 November 1974 or later
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Democratic Republic of Congo
Biology
Hypodigm
The holotype is now in the British Museum of Natural History. It was formerly in the Harrison Zoological Museum (Reg. No. 17797) (Harrison, 1975).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Harrison, D. L. (1975). A new species of African free-tailed bat (Chiroptera: Molossidae) obtained by the Zaire River Expedition. Mammalia 39: 313-318. https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1975.39.2.313
Other references:
Gallagher, M. D. and Harrison, D. L. (1977). Report on the bats (Chiroptera) obtained by the Zaire River expedition. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 28: 19-32.
Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M., Bergmans, W. & Cotterill, F.P.D. (2008). Tadarida gallagheri. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 January 2011.
Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M., Bergmans, W. & Cotterill, F.P.D. (2019). Chaerephon gallagheri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T4311A22019365. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4311A22019365.en. Accessed on 18 June 2023.
Nowak, Ronald M. (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA and London, UK.
Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2023. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Version 1.3. Accessed on 06/18/2023.