Free-tailed Bat - Classification

Classification

The 18 genera contain about 100 species:

FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE

• Subfamily Molossinae
  • Genus Chaerephon - Lesser Mastiff Bats
    • Duke of Abruzzi's Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae
    • Ansorge's Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon ansorgei
    • Gland-tailed Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon bemmeleni
    • Spotted Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon bivittata
    • Fijian Mastiff Bat, Chaerephon bregullae
    • Chapin's Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon chapini
    • Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon gallagheri
    • Northern Freetail Bat, Chaerephon jobensis
    • Red Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon jobimena
    • Northern Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon johorensis
    • Grandidier's Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon leucogaster
    • Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon major
    • Nigerian Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon nigeriae
    • Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon plicata
    • Little Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon pumila
    • Russet Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon russata
    • Shortridge's Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon shortridgei
    • Solomons Mastiff Bat, Chaerephon solomonis
    • São Tomé Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon tomensis
  • Genus Cheiromeles - Naked Bats, or Hairless Bats
    • Hairless Bat, Cheiromeles torquatus
    • Cheiromeles parvidens
  • Genus Cynomops
    • Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat, Cynomops abrasus
    • Greenhall's Dog-faced bat, Cynomops greenhalli
    • Mexican Dog-faced Bat, Cynomops mexicanus
    • Para Dog-faced Bat, Cynomops paranus
    • Southern Dog-faced Bat, Cynomops planirostris
  • Genus Eumops - Mastiff Bats, or Bonneted Bats
    • Black Bonneted Bat, Eumops auripendulus
    • Dwarf Bonneted Bat, Eumops bonariensis
    • Big Bonneted Bat, Eumops dabbenei
    • Eumops ferox
    • Eumops floridanus
    • Wagner's Bonneted Bat, Eumops glaucinus
    • Sanborn's Bonneted Bat, Eumops hansae
    • Guianan Bonneted Bat, Eumops maurus
    • Patagonian Bonneted Bat, Eumops patagonicus
    • Western Mastiff Bat, Eumops perotis
    • Colombian Bonneted Bat, Eumops trumbulli
    • Underwood's Bonneted Bat, Eumops underwoodi
    • Eumops wilsoni
  • Genus Mormopterus
    • Subgenus Mormopterus
      • Natal Free-Tailed Bat, Mormopterus acetabulosus
      • Mormopterus francoismoutoui
      • Sumatran Mastiff Bat, Mormopterus doriae
      • Peter's Wrinkle-Lipped Bat, Mormopterus jugularis
      • Kalinowski's Mastiff Bat, Mormopterus kalinowskii
      • Little Goblin Bat, Mormopterus minutus
      • Incan Little Mastiff Bat, Mormopterus phrudus
    • Subgenus Micronomus
      • Beccari's Mastiff Bat, Mormopterus beccarii
      • Mormopterus eleryi
      • Mormopterus loriae
      • Eastern Little Mastiff Bat, Mormopterus norfolkensis
      • Southern Free-Tailed Bat, Mormopterus planiceps
  • Genus Molossops - Broad-faced Bats
    • Equatorial Dog-faced Bat, Molossops (Cabreramops) aequatorianus
    • Mato Grosso Dog-faced Bat, Molossops mattogrossensis
    • Rufous Dog-faced Bat, Molossops neglectus
    • Dwarf Dog-faced Bat, Molossops temminckii
  • Genus Molossus - Velvety Free-tailed Bats
    • Aztec Mastiff Bat, Molossus aztecus
    • Molossus barnesi
    • Coiban Mastiff Bat, Molossus coibensis
    • Bonda Mastiff Bat, Molossus currentium
    • Velvety Free-tailed Bat, Molossus molossus
    • Miller's Mastiff Bat, Molossus pretiosus
    • Black Mastiff Bat, Molossus rufus (another article)
    • Sinaloan Mastiff Bat, Molossus sinaloae
    • Molossus trinitatus
  • Genus Mops - Greater Mastiff Bats
    • Subgenus Xiphonycteris
      • Spurrell's Free-tailed Bat, Mops spurrelli
      • Dwarf Free-tailed Bat, Mops nanulus
      • Peterson's Free-tailed Bat, Mops petersoni
      • Mops leonis
      • Sierra Leone Free-tailed Bat, Mops brachyptera
      • Mops bakarii
      • Railer Bat, Mops thersites
    • Subgenus Mops
      • Angolan Free-tailed Bat, Mops condylurus
      • White-bellied Free-tailed Bat, Mops niveiventer
      • Mongalla Free-tailed Bat, Mops demonstrator
      • Malayan Free-tailed Bat, Mops mops
      • Sulawesi Free-tailed Bat, Mops sarasinorum
      • Trevor's Free-tailed Bat, Mops trevori
      • Mops congica
      • Midas Free-tailed Bat, Mops midas
      • Niangara Free-tailed Bat, Mops niangarae
      • Medje Free-tailed Bat, Mops congicus
      • Mops leucostigma
  • Genus Myopterus
    • Daubenton's Free-tailed Bat, Myopterus daubentonii
    • Bini Free-tailed Bat, Myopterus whitleyi
  • Genus Neoplatymops
    • Mato Grosso Dog-faced Bat, Molossops mattogrossensis
  • Genus Nyctinomops - New World Free-tailed Bats
    • Peale's Free-tailed Bat, Nyctinomops aurispinosus
    • Pocketed Free-tailed Bat, Nyctinomops femorosaccus
    • Broad-eared Bat, Nyctinomops laticaudatus
    • Big Free-tailed Bat, Nyctinomops macrotis
  • Genus Otomops - Big-eared Free-tailed Bats
    • Javan Mastiff Bat, Otomops formosus
    • Otomops johnstonei
    • Madagascar Free-tailed Bat, Otomops madagascariensis
    • Large-eared Free-tailed Bat, Otomops martiensseni
    • Big-eared Mastiff Bat, Otomops papuensis
    • Mantled Mastiff Bat, Otomops secundus
    • Wroughton's free-tailed bat, Otomops wroughtoni
  • Genus Platymops
    • Peters's Flat-headed Bat, Platymops setiger
  • Genus Promops - Domed-palate Mastiff Bats
    • Big Crested Mastiff Bat, Promops centralis
    • Brown Mastiff Bat, Promops nasutus
  • Genus Sauromys
    • Roberts's Flat-headed Bat, Sauromys petrophilus
  • Genus Tadarida - Free-tailed Bats
    • Egyptian Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca
    • White-striped Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida australis
    • Mexican Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
    • Madagascan Large Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida fulminans
    • European Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida insignis
    • Tadarida kuboriensis
    • La Touche's Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida latouchei
    • Kenyan Big-eared Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida lobata
    • European Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida teniotis
    • African Giant Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida ventralis
• Subfamily Tomopeatinae
  • Genus Tomopeas
    • Blunt-eared Bat, Tomopeas ravus