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Molossidae Gervais 1856
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Description
Family MOLOSSIDAE
(FREE-TAILED BATS)
• Insectivorous bats, no noseleaf; long narrow wings for fast flight; fairly large, typically conjoined ears; and tail protrudes beyond uropatagium.
• 6-26 cm.
• Nearctic, Neotropical, Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Australasian Regions.
• From deserts through savanna grasslands and forests.
es 29 genera, 126 species, 150 taxa.
• • 5 species Endangered, 6 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Molossidae, pp. 598-672 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 598, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6418279
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6567828 (DOI)
- Has part
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6418287 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6567772 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.6418279 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E57BFFB1FFBCBA10B412F760B226FFCE (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Gervais
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Molossidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Molossidae Gervais, 1856 sec. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019