Molossus (bat)

Molossus
Molossus nigricans skeleton at the Smithsonian.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Molossidae
Genus:	Molossus É. Geoffroy, 1805
Species
Molossus alvarezi Molossus ater Molossus aztecus Molossus barnesi Molossus coibensis Molossus currentium Molossus molossus Molossus pretiosus Molossus rufus Molossus sinaloae Molossus trinitatis

Molossus is a genus of bats. The genus contains ten species with a New World distribution from Mexico in the north to northern Argentina at its most southerly limit. Four of these species have distributions that include various islands in the West Indies such as Puerto Rico or Trinidad.^[1][2]

The genus belongs to a group commonly referred to as free-tailed bats.

Systematics

Species list:

• Molossus alvarezi
• Molossus ater
• Molossus aztecus
• Molossus barnesi
• Molossus coibensis
• Molossus currentium
• Molossus molossus
• Molossus pretiosus
• Molossus rufus
• Molossus sinaloae
• Molossus trinitatis

References

1. ^ "Molossus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180082. Retrieved 28 January 2009. 
2. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?s=y&id=13801648, retrieved 29 September 2009 

Bibliography

• "Molossus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180082. Retrieved 28 January 2009. 

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