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However, Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2007) found that the South African and Madagascan populations do not exhibit genetic differences, and this may be evidence of movement between southern Africa and Madagascar (Samonds et al. 2012). Additionally, the southern African population may be geographically isolated from the northern African population by about 1,000 km, which indicates that these two populations may be phylogenetically distinct (Monadjem et al. 2010). Further research is required to substantiate the taxonomic relationship between populations and subspecies.; [batnames2023] Subgenus Mops .  Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995) and Dunlop (1999); also see Harrison and Bates (1991).; [batnames2025_1.7] Subgenus Mops. Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995) and Dunlop (1999); also see Harrison and Bates (1991).						miarensis, unicolor.	midas, miarensis	midas, miarensis	unicolor			midas, miarensis	midas - unicolor	midas, miarensis, unicolor	The entire African continental population of Mops midas is considered to constitute the same subspecies, M . midas midas , while the population of Madagascar forms the other distinct subspecies, M . midas miarensis (Hayman &; Hill 1971; Dunlop 1999). However, Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2007) found that the South African and Madagascan populations do not exhibit genetic differences, and this may be evidence of movement between southern Africa and Madagascar (Samonds et al. 2012). Additionally, the southern African population may be geographically isolated from the northern African population by about 1,000 km, which indicates that these two populations may be phylogenetically distinct (Monadjem et al. 2010). Further research is required to substantiate the taxonomic relationship between populations and subspecies.	midas, miarensis	midas - unicolor	midas, miarensis, unicolor	midas, miarensis, unicolor	miarensis, midas 	midas - unicolor	midas (Hedenborg in Anonymous, 1839) [nomen nudum]|midas (Sundevall, 1843)|miarensis (A. Grandidier, 1869)|unicolor (A. Grandidier, 1870)|mydas (von Heuglin, 1877) [incorrect subsequent spelling]		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Midas bat	Senegal – Ethiopia – Rhodesia, SW Arabia, Madagascar	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Mops midas	Sudan, Blue Nile, White Nile River, West bank, Jebel el Funj.	Sundevall	1843	Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, for 1842, p. 207.	Distribution: Ranging from Senegal to southwestern Arabia, south in eastern Africa to Botswana and Transvaal; also on Madagascar.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Midas free-tailed bat	Senegal – Ethiopia – S Africa; Madagascar; SW Arabia	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	Sundevall	1843	Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 1842:207 [1843].	Subgenus Mops.	Senegal to Saudi Arabia, south to Botswana and Transvaal (South Africa); Madagascar.	Sudan, Blue Nile, White Nile River, West bank, Jebel el Funj.		SUNDEVALL	1843	Last upper molar greatly reduced. Basisphenoid pits of moderate depth. Upper lip wrinkles relatively few. Size relatively large (forearm length, 57-66 mm).	Distribution: Ranging from Senegal to southwestern Arabia, south in eastern Africa to Botswana and Transvaal; also on Madagascar.	Two subspecies:	M. m. midas (southwestern Arabia and continental African range), M.m. miarensis (Madagascar).	142	species	M. midas	SUNDEVALL	1843	Mops	subgenus	Mops midas				Last upper molar greatly reduced. Basisphenoid pits of moderate depth. Upper lip wrinkles relatively few. Size relatively large (forearm length, 57-66 mm).	Two subspecies:		10. M. midas (SUNDEVALL 1843).	10	_M. m. miarensis_ (Grandidier, 1869) (synonyms: _unicolor_ (Grandidier, 1870)); _M. m. midas_ (Sundevall, 1843) (synonyms: _midas_ (Hedenborg, 1839))			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Molossidae	Molossinae		Mops midas	Mops	Mops	midas	Sundevall	y	1842	1843	Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm	1842		207		Midas' Free-tailed Bat	Sudan, Blue Nile (= Bahr-el-Abiad Prov.), White Nile River, West bank, Jebel el Funj.	Senegal to Saudi Arabia, south to Botswana, NE South Africa, and Zimbabwe; Madagascar.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	unicolor A. Grandidier, 1870; miarensis A. Grandidier, 1869.	Subgenus Mops. Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995) and Dunlop (1999); also see Harrison and Bates (1991).	194287C9FF9FBA34B185FE69B3F0F831	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Molossidae_598.pdf.imf	hash://md5/e57bffb1ffbcba10b412f760b226ffce	654	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/19/42/87/194287C9FF9FBA34B185FE69B3F0F831.xml	Mops midas	Molossidae	Mops	midas		1843	Tadaride midas @fr | Midas-Bulldogfledermaus @de | Mops de Midas @es | Midas Bat @en | Midas Groove-cheeked Bat @en | Midas Mops Bat @en | Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat @en	Dysopes midas Sundevall, 1843 , “Bahr el Abiad [= White Nile river],” Sudan . This species is monotypic.	Widely but patchily distributed through sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal E to Eritrea and Ethiopia and S through SE Sudan , South Sudan , NE DR Congo , W Kenya , SW Uganda , SW Zambia , N Namibia , N Botswana , Zimbabwe , S Malawi , and NE South Africa ; also in SW Saudi Arabia and N, W & S Madagascar .	Head—body ¢.89-94 mm, tail 37-56 mm, ear 23-32 mm, hindfoot 11-15 mm, forearm 59-67 mm; weight 38-69 g. Fur is short,silky and sparse, almost lacking across shoulders, dark brown, medium sepia-brown, pale brown or pale gray above, with pale gray or white frosting and flecking; underside is grayish brown or pinkish brown to silvery gray, frosted (subadults almost white) with no mid-ventral markings, but ventral flank-stripe is white or paler than underside; an orange morph is reddish to almost orange above. Wings are medium brown and uropatagium is dark brown. Upper lip has 5-6 well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Ears are blackish brown and relatively long (extending past muzzle when laid forward), inner margins of ears are joined across forehead by interaural band of skin bearing forward-shaped pocket containing erectile crest of long brown hairs, in both sexes. Tragus is small, squarish or hatchet-shaped, and concealed by antitragus, which is large and semicircular. Anterior palate is closed and basisphenoid pits are moderately deep. As is typical for Mops , cusps on M? are V-shaped rather than N-shaped (i.e. with third ridge being much reduced). Chromosomal complement has 2n = 48 and FNa = 66.	Midas Free-tailed Bats prefer woodland and lowland savanna habitats, often associated with major rivers such as the Blue Nile, upper reaches of White Nile, Shire River in Malawi , and Zambezi and Limpopo valleys.	The Midas Free-tailed Bat is an open-air forager, having long, narrow wings with a high wing loading (11-4 N/m?®) and intermediate aspect ratio (8-9). Preliminary data from stomach contents of one animal, and the robust skull, mandible, and dentition, suggested that it feeds predominantly on beetles. In two studies conducted in a macadamia-growing area in Limpopo Province , north-eastern South Africa , one involving microscopic analysis of fecal samples revealed little difference in diet between winter (April) and summer (October-December), the diet being dominated by Coleoptera (75-90%), Hemiptera (420%), and Lepidoptera (4-13%). A second Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) study offecal pellets of Midas Free-tailed Bats from the same region revealed 93 prey items of seven insect orders: Lepidoptera , Coleoptera , Hemiptera , Diptera , Orthoptera, Blattodea, and Neuroptera. In terms of percentage of occurrence, the diet was dominated by Lepidoptera (100%) followed by Coleoptera (67%), Hemiptera and Neuroptera (29% each), and Blattodea (25%). A total of 17 lepidopteran families were determined in the diet, of which six possessed tympani. One-half (40 out of 81) of the identified lepidopteran prey items belonged to one family, Noctuidae , and another eleven prey items belonged to Geometridae . Both of these families comprise tympanate members (i.e. those with hearing organs). Based on recordings from individuals emerging from a known roost in the Soutpansberg of north-eastern South Africa , echolocation calls are very low frequency (minimum frequency 14 kHz), long duration (10-15 milliseconds), and narrow bandwidth. Since this frequencyfalls below the optimal hearing range of tympanate moths, the Allotonic Frequency Hypothesis would predict that hearing moths would avoid detection by hunting Midas Free-tailed Bats and would therefore be largely absent from their diet. The dietary data related above appear to negate the predictions of the Allotonic Frequency Hypothesis.	Limited data suggest a birth season from December to March in southern Africa, although lactating females or juveniles have been reported in April and June, suggesting either extended seasonal monoestry or seasonal polyestry. Littersize is one.	Midas Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal and roost in human structures such as attics in buildings and expansion joints of bridges, as well as natural roosts such as cracks and hollows in trees, shallow rock crevices, and within the leaves of coconut palms.	Midas Free-tailed Bats roost communally in groups of up to hundreds. In Kruger National Park, north-eastern South Africa , radio-tracked individuals moved at least 10 km from their roost.	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.	ACR (2017) | Archer (1977) | Cotterill & Happold ( 2013g) | Dunlop (1999) | Fenton & Rautenbach (1986) | Monadjem, Cotterill, Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2017) | Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010) | Mphethe (2017) | Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2007) | Rosevear (1965) | Smithers (1971) | Taylor, Matamba et al. (2017) | Taylor, Sowler et al. (2013) | Verschuren (1957)	https://zenodo.org/record/6567868/files/figure.png	83. Midas Free-tailed Bat Mops midas French: Tadaride midas / German: Midas-Bulldogfledermaus / Spanish: Mops de Midas Other common names: Midas Bat , Midas Groove-cheeked Bat , Midas Mops Bat , Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat Taxonomy. Dysopes midas Sundevall, 1843 , “Bahr el Abiad [= White Nile river],” Sudan . This species is monotypic. Distribution. Widely but patchily distributed through sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal E to Eritrea and Ethiopia and S through SE Sudan , South Sudan , NE DR Congo , W Kenya , SW Uganda , SW Zambia , N Namibia , N Botswana , Zimbabwe , S Malawi , and NE South Africa ; also in SW Saudi Arabia and N, W & S Madagascar . Descriptive notes. Head—body ¢.89-94 mm, tail 37-56 mm, ear 23-32 mm, hindfoot 11-15 mm, forearm 59-67 mm; weight 38-69 g. Fur is short,silky and sparse, almost lacking across shoulders, dark brown, medium sepia-brown, pale brown or pale gray above, with pale gray or white frosting and flecking; underside is grayish brown or pinkish brown to silvery gray, frosted (subadults almost white) with no mid-ventral markings, but ventral flank-stripe is white or paler than underside; an orange morph is reddish to almost orange above. Wings are medium brown and uropatagium is dark brown. Upper lip has 5-6 well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Ears are blackish brown and relatively long (extending past muzzle when laid forward), inner margins of ears are joined across forehead by interaural band of skin bearing forward-shaped pocket containing erectile crest of long brown hairs, in both sexes. Tragus is small, squarish or hatchet-shaped, and concealed by antitragus, which is large and semicircular. Anterior palate is closed and basisphenoid pits are moderately deep. As is typical for Mops , cusps on M? are V-shaped rather than N-shaped (i.e. with third ridge being much reduced). Chromosomal complement has 2n = 48 and FNa = 66. Habitat. Midas Free-tailed Bats prefer woodland and lowland savanna habitats, often associated with major rivers such as the Blue Nile, upper reaches of White Nile, Shire River in Malawi , and Zambezi and Limpopo valleys. Food and Feeding. The Midas Free-tailed Bat is an open-air forager, having long, narrow wings with a high wing loading (11-4 N/m?®) and intermediate aspect ratio (8-9). Preliminary data from stomach contents of one animal, and the robust skull, mandible, and dentition, suggested that it feeds predominantly on beetles. In two studies conducted in a macadamia-growing area in Limpopo Province , north-eastern South Africa , one involving microscopic analysis of fecal samples revealed little difference in diet between winter (April) and summer (October-December), the diet being dominated by Coleoptera (75-90%), Hemiptera (420%), and Lepidoptera (4-13%). A second Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) study offecal pellets of Midas Free-tailed Bats from the same region revealed 93 prey items of seven insect orders: Lepidoptera , Coleoptera , Hemiptera , Diptera , Orthoptera, Blattodea, and Neuroptera. In terms of percentage of occurrence, the diet was dominated by Lepidoptera (100%) followed by Coleoptera (67%), Hemiptera and Neuroptera (29% each), and Blattodea (25%). A total of 17 lepidopteran families were determined in the diet, of which six possessed tympani. One-half (40 out of 81) of the identified lepidopteran prey items belonged to one family, Noctuidae , and another eleven prey items belonged to Geometridae . Both of these families comprise tympanate members (i.e. those with hearing organs). Based on recordings from individuals emerging from a known roost in the Soutpansberg of north-eastern South Africa , echolocation calls are very low frequency (minimum frequency 14 kHz), long duration (10-15 milliseconds), and narrow bandwidth. Since this frequencyfalls below the optimal hearing range of tympanate moths, the Allotonic Frequency Hypothesis would predict that hearing moths would avoid detection by hunting Midas Free-tailed Bats and would therefore be largely absent from their diet. The dietary data related above appear to negate the predictions of the Allotonic Frequency Hypothesis. Breeding. Limited data suggest a birth season from December to March in southern Africa, although lactating females or juveniles have been reported in April and June, suggesting either extended seasonal monoestry or seasonal polyestry. Littersize is one. Activity patterns. Midas Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal and roost in human structures such as attics in buildings and expansion joints of bridges, as well as natural roosts such as cracks and hollows in trees, shallow rock crevices, and within the leaves of coconut palms. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Midas Free-tailed Bats roost communally in groups of up to hundreds. In Kruger National Park, north-eastern South Africa , radio-tracked individuals moved at least 10 km from their roost. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Bibliography. ACR (2017), Archer (1977), Cotterill & Happold ( 2013g ), Dunlop (1999), Fenton & Rautenbach (1986), Monadjem, Cotterill, Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2017), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Mphethe (2017), Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2007), Rosevear (1965), Smithers (1971), Taylor, Matamba et al. (2017), Taylor, Sowler et al. (2013), Verschuren (1957).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Molossidae	Mops midas	Mops	Mops	midas	Sundevall	1843	1	Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm	1845:27:00	Midas' Free-tailed Bat	 unicolor A. Grandidier, 1870; <b>miarensis</b> A. Grandidier, 1869.	Sudan, Blue Nile (= Bahr-el-Abiad Prov.), White Nile River, West bank, Jebel el Funj.	Senegal to Saudi Arabia, south to Botswana, NE South Africa, and Zimbabwe; Madagascar.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Subgenus Mops .  Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995) and Dunlop (1999); also see Harrison and Bates (1991).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Mops midas	23	Midas Free-tailed Bat	Midas Bat|Midas Groove-cheeked Bat|Midas Mops Bat|Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	MOLOSSIDAE	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Mops	midas	Sundevall	1843	1	Dysopes_midas	Sundevall, C. J. (1843). Om slägtet Sorex, med nagra nya arters beskrifning. Kongliga svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar Stockholm, 1843 [for 1842], 207.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/181933#page/213/mode/1up	BM 1846.6.2.20, ZMB 535, ZSM 40 [syntypes]		"Bahr el Abiad [= White Nile river]," Sudan.			midas (Sundevall, 1843)|miarensis (A. Grandidier, 1869)|unicolor (A. Grandidier, 1870)	NA	NA	Mali?|Senegal|Gambia?|Burkina Faso|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Niger?|Nigeria|Cameroon|Chad|Sudan|Eritrea|Saudi Arabia|Ethiopia|South Sudan|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda?|Botswana?|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|South Africa|Madagascar	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Mops_midas	0	sciname match	Mops_midas	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	13841	Mops midas	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	MOLOSSIDAE	Mops	midas	(Sundevall, 1843)	The entire African continental population of Mops midas is considered to constitute the same subspecies, M . midas midas , while the population of Madagascar forms the other distinct subspecies, M . midas miarensis (Hayman &; Hill 1971; Dunlop 1999). However, Ratrimomanarivo et al. (2007) found that the South African and Madagascan populations do not exhibit genetic differences, and this may be evidence of movement between southern Africa and Madagascar (Samonds et al. 2012). Additionally, the southern African population may be geographically isolated from the northern African population by about 1,000 km, which indicates that these two populations may be phylogenetically distinct (Monadjem et al. 2010). Further research is required to substantiate the taxonomic relationship between populations and subspecies.	20000000	Mops midas	Least Concern		2017	2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its widespread but patchy distribution. The species is locally hunted and persecuted but it is not thought to be declining fast enough to place it in a higher category of threat.	This is an open aerial species of woodland and lowland savanna, with most records from the southern part of its range associated with major rivers and extensive swamps (Smithers 1983; Dunlop 1999). In Madagascar it is found in dry woodland and savanna habitats (Ratrimomanarivo et al. 2007). The species prefers roosting in total darkness as evidenced by a roost in Maun, Botswana that was located in an attic (Smithers 1983). It has also been observed roosting in long, narrow cracks in trees and in the joints of a concrete bridge (Smithers 1983; Dunlop 1999). In Madagascar, captures of this species have been from roosts in buildings (within crevices between cement walls or bricks), within the leaves of coconut palms, in large tree hollows and shallow rock crevices, and it does not appear to be associated with deep cave day-roosts (Goodman and Cardiff 2004; Andriafidison et al. 2006; Rakotonandrasana and Goodman 2007; Ratrimomanarivo et al. 2007).	This species is thought to be locally threatened by general persecution, collection for food and habitat loss.	It is generally considered to be rare. In southern Africa it is gregarious, and occurs in colonies numbering hundreds (Skinner and Smithers 1990). Roosts of this species in West and Central Africa are unknown. In Madagascar, no large colonies have been found and it is thought to be a locally common species with a patchy distribution. The maximum recorded colony was near Amboasary of 600 individuals.	Decreasing	This widespread lowland, savanna species ranges from West Africa eastwards to East Africa and southwards into southern Africa. It has been recorded from the Arabian Peninsula (found in hollow trees). It is present on Madagascar, where it is generally distributed in the drier western and southern habitats of the island below 150 m Asl (Ratrimomanarivo et al. 2007).		Terrestrial	There is a need to protect large trees and other known roosting sites for this species (this does not apply to populations on Madagascar). In Madagascar, it is known from Beza Mahafaly and Zombitse-Vohibasia National Parks.	Afrotropical		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Molossidae	Mops	Mops	midas	Sundevall	1843	1	Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm	1845:27:00	Midas' Free-tailed Bat	 unicolor A. Grandidier, 1870; <b>miarensis</b> A. Grandidier, 1869.	Sudan, Blue Nile (= Bahr-el-Abiad Prov.), White Nile River, West bank, Jebel el Funj.	Senegal to Saudi Arabia, south to Botswana, NE South Africa, and Zimbabwe; Madagascar.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Subgenus Mops .  Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995) and Dunlop (1999); also see Harrison and Bates (1991).	Mops midas	1005214	23	Midas Free-tailed Bat	Midas Bat|Midas Groove-cheeked Bat|Midas Mops Bat|Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Molossidae	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Mops	midas	Sundevall	1843	1	Dysopes_midas	Sundevall, C. J. (1843). Om slägtet Sorex, med nagra nya arters beskrifning. Kongliga svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar Stockholm, 1843 [for 1842], 207.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/181933#page/213/mode/1up	BM 1846.6.2.20, ZMB 535, ZSM 40 [syntypes]		"Bahr el Abiad [= White Nile river]," Sudan.			midas (Sundevall, 1843)|miarensis (A. Grandidier, 1869)|unicolor (A. Grandidier, 1870)	NA	NA				Mali?|Senegal|Gambia?|Burkina Faso|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Niger?|Nigeria|Cameroon|Chad|Sudan|Eritrea|Saudi Arabia|Ethiopia|South Sudan|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda?|Botswana?|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|South Africa|Madagascar	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Mops_midas	0	sciname match	Mops_midas	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Mops_midas	1005214	23	Midas Free-tailed Bat	Midas Bat|Midas Groove-cheeked Bat|Midas Mops Bat|Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Molossidae	Molossinae	NA	Mops	Mops	midas	Sundevall	1	Dysopes Midas	Sundevall, C.J. 1843. Om Professor J. Hedenborgs insamlingar af Däggdjur i Nordöstra Africa och Arabien. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1842:189-244.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304062	BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.2.20, ZMB 535, ZSM 40	syntypes	https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b4e9cae3-e4bc-4962-b72e-67cbe75c1add	"Bahr el Abiad [= White Nile river]," Sudan.			NA	NA				Mali?|Senegal|Gambia?|Burkina Faso|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Niger?|Nigeria|Cameroon|Chad|Sudan|Eritrea|Saudi Arabia|Ethiopia|South Sudan|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda?|Botswana?|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|South Africa|Madagascar	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Mops_midas	0	sciname match	Mops_midas	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Molossidae	Mops	Mops	midas	Sundevall	1843	1	Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm	1845:27:00	Midas' Free-tailed Bat	unicolor A. Grandidier, 1870; miarensis A. Grandidier, 1869.	Sudan, Blue Nile (= Bahr-el-Abiad Prov.), White Nile River, West bank, Jebel el Funj.	Senegal to Saudi Arabia, south to Botswana, NE South Africa, and Zimbabwe; Madagascar.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13841/22079278/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	Subgenus Mops. Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995) and Dunlop (1999); also see Harrison and Bates (1991).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Mops midas; Mops midas; Mops midas; Mops midas; Mops midas; Mops midas; midas; miarensis; unicolor; miarensis; unicolor; midas; miarensis; unicolor; Tadaride midas; Midas-Bulldogfledermaus; Mops de Midas; Midas Bat; Midas Groove-cheeked Bat; Midas Mops Bat; Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat; Midas Free-tailed Bat; Midas Bat; Midas Groove-cheeked Bat; Midas Mops Bat; Sundevall's Free-tailed Bat; Midas' Free-tailed Bat; Midas' Free-tailed Bat; M. midas