Molossops

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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Molossops
Species (2): M. neglectus – M. temminckii

Name

Molossops Peters, 1866: 575

Type species: Dysopes temminckii Burmeister, 1854, by subsequent designation by Miller (1907: 247).

Synonyms

• Dysopes Burmeister, 1854: 72 [preoccupied by Dysopes Illiger, 1811]
• Myopterus Peters, 1869: 402 [preoccupied by Myopterus É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1818]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. [1865] 1866. Über die brasilianischen, von Spix beschriebenen Flederthiere Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 568–588 + 1 plate.

Links

• Molossops in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Dog-faced Bats