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line:xlsx:hash://sha256/181a039844a33e66a35a457b7ece741051086608e425a040051b79581d606b97!/Sheet1!/L726	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet	N/A	Mops niangarae	Tadarida niangarae	Mops niangarae	N/A	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae	Mops niangarae		[MSW2] Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori; Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as a subspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981:111, 159) considered it a distinct species pending collection of additional specimens.; [MSW3] Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori, while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as a subspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differed significantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus, and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. I follow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori/congicus complex.; [HMW] Mops niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917 , “Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo ].” Although some consider Mops niangarae to be a subspecies or synonym of either M. congicus or M. trevori , its skull apparently differs from both these species, so it is provisionally retained as a distinct species pending formal revision of the M. congicus / trevori group. Monotypic.; [batnames2022] Subgenus Mops .  Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori , while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as asubspecies of Tadarida  congica (= Mops  congicus ). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differedsignificantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus , and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. Ifollow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori / congicus complex.; [IUCN] Additional studies are needed into the systematic status of Mops niangarae , especially with regards to its relationship to M. trevori (see Hayman and Hill 1971, Peterson 1972, Freeman 1981, Simmons 2005).; [batnames2023] Subgenus Mops .  Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori , while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as asubspecies of Tadarida  congica (= Mops  congicus ). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differedsignificantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus , and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. Ifollow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori / congicus complex.; [batnames2025_1.7] Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori, while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as asubspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differedsignificantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus, and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. Ifollow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori/congicus complex.														niangarae	Additional studies are needed into the systematic status of Mops niangarae , especially with regards to its relationship to M. trevori (see Hayman and Hill 1971, Peterson 1972, Freeman 1981, Simmons 2005).			niangarae	niangarae			niangarae J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917					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 niangarae	Zaire, Niangara.	J. A. Allen	1917	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37:468.			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	Niangara free-tailed bat	NE Zaire	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.	J. A. Allen	1917	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37:468.	Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori; Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as a subspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981:111, 159) considered it a distinct species pending collection of additional specimens.	Known only from the holotype.	Zaire, Niangara.																								NA			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 niangarae	Mops	Mops	niangarae	J. A. Allen		1917		Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	37		468		Niangaran Free-tailed Bat	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Niangara.	Dem. Rep. Congo (known only from the holotype).	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Critically Endangered.		Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori, while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as a subspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differed significantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus, and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. I follow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori/congicus complex.	194287C9FF98BA34B16EF506B535F7BD	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	655	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/19/42/87/194287C9FF98BA34B16EF506B535F7BD.xml	Mops niangarae	Molossidae	Mops	niangarae	J. A. Allen	1917	Tadaride de Niangara @fr | Niangara-Bulldogfledermaus @de | Mops de Niangara @es | Niangara Mops Bat @en | Niangaran Mops Bat @en	Mops niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917 , “Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo ].” Although some consider Mops niangarae to be a subspecies or synonym of either M. congicus or M. trevori , its skull apparently differs from both these species, so it is provisionally retained as a distinct species pending formal revision of the M. congicus / trevori group. Monotypic.	Known only from type locality in extreme NE DR Congo .	Head—body 91 mm ,tail 34 mm , ear 22 mm , forearm 52 mm (type specimen). Fur is short, uniform rusty brown above, with no grizzling or spots; underside yellowish brown, paler and more yellowish on chest, apparently lacking contrasting mid-ventral markings or flank-stripe, as these are not mentioned in type description. Upper lip has more than seven well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Wings and uropatagium are dark brown. Ears are dark brown; type description mentioned ears being separate without interaural band of skin connecting inner margins, but subsequent inspection of holotype suggests that this apparent absence is an artefact of specimen preparation, and in fact an interaural band lacking cartilaginous support but bearing a broad, low erectile crest is present. Tragus is minute; antitragus is small and low. Anterior palate is closed and basisphenoid pits are deep and large. As is typical for Mops , cusps on M” have third ridge reduced.	The type locality of the Niangara Free-tailed Bat is represented by a mosaic of lowland rainforest and grassland savanna.	No information.	No information.	Niangara Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal and apparently roost in the hollows of trees.	Niangara Free-tailed Bats roost communally during the day in small colonies.	Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red Lust.	ACR (2017) | Allen (1917) | Freeman (1981) | Happold, M. (2013am) | Mickleburgh, Hutson, Bergmans & Fahr (2014) | Peterson (1972)	https://zenodo.org/record/6567872/files/figure.png	85. Niangara Free-tailed Bat Mops niangarae French: Tadaride de Niangara / German: Niangara-Bulldogfledermaus / Spanish: Mops de Niangara Other common names: Niangara Mops Bat , Niangaran Mops Bat Taxonomy. Mops niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917 , “Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo ].” Although some consider Mops niangarae to be a subspecies or synonym of either M. congicus or M. trevori , its skull apparently differs from both these species, so it is provisionally retained as a distinct species pending formal revision of the M. congicus / trevori group. Monotypic. Distribution. Known only from type locality in extreme NE DR Congo . Descriptive notes. Head—body 91 mm ,tail 34 mm , ear 22 mm , forearm 52 mm (type specimen). Fur is short, uniform rusty brown above, with no grizzling or spots; underside yellowish brown, paler and more yellowish on chest, apparently lacking contrasting mid-ventral markings or flank-stripe, as these are not mentioned in type description. Upper lip has more than seven well-defined wrinkles on each side and many spoon-hairs. Wings and uropatagium are dark brown. Ears are dark brown; type description mentioned ears being separate without interaural band of skin connecting inner margins, but subsequent inspection of holotype suggests that this apparent absence is an artefact of specimen preparation, and in fact an interaural band lacking cartilaginous support but bearing a broad, low erectile crest is present. Tragus is minute; antitragus is small and low. Anterior palate is closed and basisphenoid pits are deep and large. As is typical for Mops , cusps on M” have third ridge reduced. Habitat. The type locality of the Niangara Free-tailed Bat is represented by a mosaic of lowland rainforest and grassland savanna. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. Niangara Free-tailed Bats are nocturnal and apparently roost in the hollows of trees. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Niangara Free-tailed Bats roost communally during the day in small colonies. Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red Lust. Bibliography. ACR (2017), Allen (1917), Freeman (1981), Happold, M. (2013am), Mickleburgh, Hutson, Bergmans & Fahr (2014), Peterson (1972).	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 niangarae	Mops	Mops	niangarae	J. A. Allen	1917	0	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	44:48:00	Niangaran Free-tailed Bat	None.	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Niangara.	Dem. Rep. Congo (known only from the holotype).	Not listed.	Data Deficient	Subgenus Mops .  Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori , while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as asubspecies of Tadarida  congica (= Mops  congicus ). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differedsignificantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus , and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. Ifollow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori / congicus complex.	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 niangarae	23	Niangara Free-tailed Bat	Niangara Mops Bat|Niangaran Mops Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	MOLOSSIDAE	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Mops	niangarae	J. A. Allen	1917	0	Mops_niangarae	Allen, J. A. (1917). I. Systematic List. In J. A. Allen, H. Lang & J. P. Chapin. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 37, 468.	http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/1068/B37a18.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	AMNH 48901		"Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."			niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917	NA	NA	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	Afrotropic	DD	0	0	0	Mops_niangarae	0	sciname match	Mops_niangarae	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	13844	Mops niangarae	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	MOLOSSIDAE	Mops	niangarae	J.A. Allen, 1917	Additional studies are needed into the systematic status of Mops niangarae , especially with regards to its relationship to M. trevori (see Hayman and Hill 1971, Peterson 1972, Freeman 1981, Simmons 2005).	20000000	Mops niangarae	Data Deficient		2019	2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Confirmed as Data Deficient in view of continuing problems with its taxonomy, and lack of recent information on its extent of occurrence, ecological requirements and threats.	The natural history of this species is poorly known. It is currently unclear whether the holotype was collected in savanna or tropical moist forest (Freeman 1981), however, it appears to have been reported to roost in tree hollows (Lang and Chapin 1917).	The threats to this species are currently unknown.	It is known only from the holotype.	Unknown	This little known species was collected from "Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo" (Democratic Republic of the Congo near the border with Sudan) (Allen et al . 1917, Lang and Chapin 1917).		Terrestrial	It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, natural history and threats to this little known bat.	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	niangarae	J. A. Allen	1917	0	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	44:48:00	Niangaran Free-tailed Bat	None.	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Niangara.	Dem. Rep. Congo (known only from the holotype).	Not listed.	Data Deficient	Subgenus Mops .  Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori , while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as asubspecies of Tadarida  congica (= Mops  congicus ). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differedsignificantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus , and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. Ifollow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori / congicus complex.	Mops niangarae	1005217	23	Niangara Free-tailed Bat	Niangara Mops Bat|Niangaran Mops Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Molossidae	MOLOSSINAE	NA	Mops	Mops	niangarae	J. A. Allen	1917	0	Mops_niangarae	Allen, J. A. (1917). I. Systematic List. In J. A. Allen, H. Lang & J. P. Chapin. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 37, 468.	http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/1068/B37a18.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	AMNH 48901		"Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."			niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917	NA	NA				Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	Afrotropic	DD	0	0	0	Mops_niangarae	0	sciname match	Mops_niangarae	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_niangarae	1005217	23	Niangara Free-tailed Bat	Niangara Mops Bat|Niangaran Mops Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Molossidae	Molossinae	NA	Mops	Mops	niangarae	J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin	0	Mops niangaræ	Allen, J.A., Lang, H. and Chapin, J.P. 1917-09-29. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(18):405-563.	https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1068	AMNH M-48901	holotype	http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48901	"Niangara, northeastern Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."			NA	NA				Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	Afrotropic	DD	0	0	0	Mops_niangarae	0	sciname match	Mops_niangarae	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	niangarae	J. A. Allen	1917	0	Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.	44:48:00	Niangaran Free-tailed Bat	None.	Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Niangara.	Dem. Rep. Congo (known only from the holotype).	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13844/22080151/' target='_blank'>Data Deficient</a>	Subgenus Mops. Peterson (1972) included this species in trevori, while Hayman and Hill (1971) listed it as asubspecies of Tadarida congica (= Mops congicus). Freeman (1981) found that holotype skull differedsignificantly from skulls of both trevori and congicus, and therefore retained niangarae a distinct species. Ifollow this treatment pending a more formal revision of the trevori/congicus complex.		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Mops niangarae; Mops niangarae; Mops niangarae; Mops niangarae; Mops niangarae; Mops niangarae; niangarae; Tadaride de Niangara; Niangara-Bulldogfledermaus; Mops de Niangara; Niangara Mops Bat; Niangaran Mops Bat; Niangara Free-tailed Bat; Niangara Mops Bat; Niangaran Mops Bat; Niangaran Free-tailed Bat; Niangaran Free-tailed Bat; M. niangarae