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Molossops
Sign in to saveMolossops (meaning: false molossus bat) is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae. The four member species are found in nearly every country of South America, with the dwarf dog-faced bat being found in the most countries. It contains only two species: Rufous dog-faced bat (Molossops neglectus) Dwarf dog-faced bat (Molossops temminckii)
Species
dwarf dog-faced bat
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderChiroptera
- FamilyMolossidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Molossidae
- Collections
- MSB, LACM, TCWC, TTU, UCONN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Paraguay, Panama, Ecuador
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Molossinae
- Image
- Molossops temminckii, Uruguay, 2019.jpg
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Molossops (meaning: false molossus bat) is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae. The four member species are found in nearly every country of South America, with the dwarf dog-faced bat being found in the most countries. It contains only two species: Rufous dog-faced bat (Molossops neglectus) Dwarf dog-faced bat (Molossops temminckii)
Judith L. Eger writes that the genus only consists of M. neglectus and M. temminckii; M. aequatorianus (= Cabreramops ) and M. mattogrossensis (= Neoplatymops ) were incorrectly assigned to this genus.
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