Molossidae

Molossidae sp.

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
Subfamiliae: Molossinae – Tomopeatinae

Name

Molossidae Gervais, 1856

References

Primary references

• Gervais 1856. In Comte de Castelnau, Exped. Partes Cen. Am. Sud., Zool.(Sec. 7), Vol. 1(pt. 2 (Mammiferes)): 53 footnote.

Additional references

• García, F.J., Ochoa G., J., Poma-Urey, J.L., Miller, B.W., Falcão, F.C. & Alvarez, M.R. del V. 2024. Expanding the knowledge of the bat fauna of the Brazilian Caatinga: new geographical records of molossid bats (Chiroptera, Molossidae) for the Chapada Diamantina region, with taxonomic notes. ZooKeys 1210: 333–371. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.128570 Reference page. 
• Jennifer M. Lamb, Taryn M. C. Ralph, Theshnie Naidoo, Peter J. Taylor, Fanja Ratrimomanarivo, William T. Stanley & Steven M. Goodman 2011: Toward a Molecular Phylogeny for the Molossidae (Chiroptera) of the Afro-Malagasy Region. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1): 1–16.

Links

• Molossidae 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

Deutsch: Bulldoggfledermäuse
English: Free-tailed Bats
suomi: Doggilepakot
עברית: אַשָּׁפִיִּים
日本語: オヒキコウモリ科

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