ADW: Mops: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Chiroptera (bats)
        
        Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
        
        Subfamily Molossinae (free-tailed bats, mastiff bats, and relatives)
        
        Genus Mops (free-tailed bats)
        
        Species Mops brachypterus (Sierra Leone free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops condylurus (Angolan free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops congicus (Medje free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops demonstrator (Mongalla free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops leucostigma (Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops midas (Midas free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops mops (Malayan free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops nanulus (dwarf free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops niangarae (Niangara free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops niveiventer (white-bellied free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops petersoni (Peterson's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops sarasinorum (Sulawesi free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops spurrelli (Spurrell's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Mops thersites (railer bat)
        
        Species Mops trevori (Trevor's free-tailed bat)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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