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Molossus  E. Geoffroy, 1805
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180082

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): velvety free-tailed bats [English]
  
    mastiff bats [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyMolossidae Gervais, 1856 – free-tailed bats  
                                           SubfamilyMolossinae Gervais, 1856 – true free-tailed bats  
                                              GenusMolossus E. Geoffroy, 1805 – velvety free-tailed bats, mastiff bats  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Molossus alvarezi González-Ruiz, Ramírez-Pulido and Arroyo-Cabrales, 2011 – Alvarez's Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus aztecus Saussure, 1860 – Aztec Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus bondae J. A. Allen, 1904 – Bonda Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus coibensis J. A. Allen, 1904 – Coiban Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus currentium Thomas, 1901 – Thomas's Mastiff Bat, Bonda Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus fentoni Loureiro, B. K. Lim and Engstrom, 2018 – Fenton's Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus fluminensis Lataste, 1891 – Southern Black Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus melini Montani, Tomasco, Barberis, Romano, Barquez and Díaz, 2021  
                                                 Species Molossus milleri Johnson, 1952 – Pug-nosed Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766) – Pallas' Free-tailed Bat, Murciélago-mastín de Pallas, Pallas's Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus nigricans Miller, 1902 – Northern Black Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus pretiosus Miller, 1902 – Miller's Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus rufus E. Geoffroy, 1805 – Black Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus sinaloae J. A. Allen, 1906 – Sinaloan Mastiff Bat 
                                                 Species Molossus verrilli J. A. Allen, 1908 – Hispaniolan Mastiff Bat 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Molossus    
       
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Molossus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Molossus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Molossus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Molossus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Molossus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Molossus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Central American species revised by Dolan (1989). Jennings et al. (2000) provided a key to species modified from Hall (1981), but did not include many of the species recognized here as distinct  
 

 

    

 
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