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Molossus E. Geoffroy 1805

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Molossus E. Geoffroy 1805

Molossus E. Geoffroy 1805, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 6: 151.

Type Species: Vespertilio molossus Pallas 1766

Synonyms: Dysopes Illiger 1811.

Species and subspecies: 8 species with 12 subspecies:

Species Molossus aztecus Saussure 1860

Species Molossus barnesi Thomas 1905

Species Molossus coibensis J. A. Allen 1904

Species Molossus currentium Thomas 1901

Subspecies Molossus currentium subsp. currentium Thomas 1901

Subspecies Molossus currentium subsp. bondae J. A. Allen 1904

Subspecies Molossus currentium subsp. robustus López-González and Presley 2001

Species Molossus molossus (Pallas 1766)

Subspecies Molossus molossus subsp. molossus Pallas 1766

Subspecies Molossus molossus subsp. debilis Miller 1913

Subspecies Molossus molossus subsp. pygmaeus Miller 1900

Subspecies Molossus molossus subsp. fortis Miller 1913

Subspecies Molossus molossus subsp. milleri Johnson 1952

Subspecies Molossus molossus subsp. tropidorhynchus Gray 1839

Subspecies Molossus molossus subsp. verrilli J. A. Allen 1908

Species Molossus pretiosus Miller 1902

Species Molossus rufus E. Geoffroy 1805

Species Molossus sinaloae J. A. Allen 1906

Subspecies Molossus sinaloae subsp. sinaloae J. A. Allen 1906

Subspecies Molossus sinaloae subsp. trinitatus Goodwin 1959

Discussion: 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.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, pp. 432-451 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 440, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
E. Geoffroy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Molossidae
Genus
Molossus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Molossus Geoffroy, 1805 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Illiger, C. D. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis uttriusque classis. Salfeld, Berlin, 301 pp.
  • Allen, J. A. 1908. Mammals from Nicaragua. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 24: 647 - 670.
  • Miller, G. S., Jr. 1902. The mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24: 751 - 795.
  • Dolan, P. G. 1989. Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus. Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, 23: 1 - 71.
  • Jennings, J. B., T. L. Best, C. Rainey, and S. E. Burnett. 2000. Molossus pretiosus. Mammalian Species, 635: 1 - 3.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.