Mops (mastiff bats or free-tailed bats) is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae. Molecular sequence data indicates that Mops and Chaerephon are not monophyletic taxa. However, the grouping of Chaerephon and Mops was found to be monophyletic when excluding C. jobimena.

Species within this genus are:

Genus Mops - greater mastiff bats

Literature cited

  • Nowak, Ronald (1991). . The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-3970-X.
  • Simmons, N.B. (2005). . In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC .
  • Stanley, W.T. (2008). "A new species of Mops (Molossidae) from Pemba Island, Tanzania". Acta Chiropterologica. 10 (2): 183–192. doi:.

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