Molossus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Molossus
Species (16):
M. alvarezi –
M. aztecus –
M. bondae –
M. coibensis –
M. currentium –
M. fentoni –
M. fluminensis –
M. melini –
M. milleri –
M. molossus –
M. nigricans –
M. paranaensis –
M. pretiosus –
M. rufus –
M. sinaloae –
M. verrilli
Name
[edit]Molossus É. Geoffroy, 1805: 153
- Type species: Vespertilio molossus Pallas, 1766, by subsequent designation.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1805. Sur quelques chauve-souris d'Amérique formant une petite famille sous le nom de molossus. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 6: 150–156. BHL Reference page.
- Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Loureiro, L.O., Lim, B.K. & Engstrom, M.D. 2018. A New Species of Mastiff Bat (Chiroptera, Molossidae, Molossus) from Guyana and Ecuador. Mammalian Biology 90: 10–21. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.01.008 Reference page.
- Montani, M.E., Tomasco, I.H., Barberis, I.M., Romano, M.C., Barquez, R.M. & Díaz, M.M. 2021. A new species of Molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 102(5): 1426–1442. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab078 Reference page.
- Chambi Velasquez, M.A., Pavé, R., Argoitia, M.A., Schierloh, P., Piccirilli, M.G., Colombo, V.C., Beltrán, F.J., Cisterna, D.M. & Caraballo, D.A. 2024. Revisiting Molossus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Molossidae) diversity: Exploring southern limits and revealing a novel species in Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 397–416. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e122822 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Mastiff Bats
日本語: ベルベットオヒキコウモリ属
日本語: ベルベットオヒキコウモリ属
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