Molossus molossus

Molossus molossus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 Cladus: Boreosphenida 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: Molossus molossus
Subspecies: M. m. debilis – M. m. fortis – M. m. molossus – M. m. pygmaeus – M. m. tropidorhynchus

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. 

Links

• IUCN: Molossus molossus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Pallas's Mastiff Bat