Molossus molossus

Molossus molossus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Molossus
Species:
Subspecies: M. m. debilis – M. m. fortis – M. m. molossus – M. m. pygmaeus

Name

Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766)

  • Lectotype: larger specimen of Daubenton (in Buffon & Daubenton, 1763, pl. xix fig. 1). [designated by Husson (1962: 251)]
  • Type locality: “alia specie Americana”, restricted to Martinique, West Indies, by Husson (1962: 251).

Native distribution areas

  • Sinaloa and Coahuila (Mexico) to Peru, North Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Guianas
  • Greater and Lesser Antilles
  • Florida Keys (USA)
  • Margarita Island (Venezuela)
  • Curaçao and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
  • Trinidad and Tobago

References

Primary references

  • Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea zoologica: quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef: Hagae Comitum. i–xii + 1–224 pp., pl. 1–14. BHL Reference page. 
  • Husson, A.M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zoologische Verhandelingen 58(1): 1–282. PDFReference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: Pallas's Mastiff Bat
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