Molossus paranaensis

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: Molossus
Species: Molossus paranaensis

Name

Molossus paranaensis Caraballo, Pavé, Argoitia, Schierloh & Chambi Velasquez in Chambi Velasquez et al., 2024: 405

• Holotype: MFA-ZV-M 1494 (field number MEM 237), adult ♂, skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton, collected by M.E. Montani and V. Colombo on 20 January 2018.
• Type locality: “Sociedad Rural "Las Colonias", Esperanza, Santa Fe province, Argentina (lat. –31.4257, long. –60.9912, 44 m”.

References

Primary references

• 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.