Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 432 451 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Mops (Xiphonycteris) nanulus J. A. Allen 1917 Mops (Xiphonycteris) nanulus J. A. Allen 1917 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37: 477 . Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo , Oriental , Niangara. Vernacular Names: Dwarf Free-tailed Bat . Synonyms: Mops (Xiphonycteris) calabarensis Hayman 1940 . Distribution: Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Kenya . A previous report of this species from The Gambia is in error, probably based on a specimen of brachypterus (J. Fahr, pers. comm.). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Xiphonycteris .