MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mops condylurus

Accepted taxon: Mops condylurus
Taxon:	Mops condylurus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Molossidae \| Molossinae \| Mops \| Mops
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Mops condylurus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Mops condylurus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	– Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology, Robert M. R. Barclay, R. Mark Brigham, 1991, 'Prey Detection, Dietary Niche Breadth, and Body Size in Bats: Why are Aerial Insectivorous Bats so Small?', The American Naturalist, vol. 137, no. 5, p. 693
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology, Robert M. R. Barclay, R. Mark Brigham, 1991, 'Prey Detection, Dietary Niche Breadth, and Body Size in Bats: Why are Aerial Insectivorous Bats so Small?', The American Naturalist, vol. 137, no. 5, p. 693

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Mops condylurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Malawi	g	-	-	-	-	-	24.2	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Africa	g	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM)	Congo	g	-	-	-	-	-	21.1	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Sudan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	47.25	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Congo	mm	-	-	-	-	-	46.13	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Malawi	mm	-	-	-	-	-	46.8	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Mops condylurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	17	17	-	-	-	32	-	-	Genoud, M…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Mops condylurus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Mops condylurus	Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tadarida condylura	Brigham,R. M., 1991, Prey detection, dietary niche breadth, and body size in bats: why are aerial insectivorous bats so small?, The American Naturalist	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Mops condylurus	Molinari, J., A global assessment of the 'island rule' in bats based on functionally distinct measures of body size. Journal of Biogeography.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mops condylurus	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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