Molossops griseiventer

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Molossops
Species: Molossops griseiventer

Name

Molossops griseiventer Sanborn, 1941

• Holotype: FMNH 51727, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Brother Nicéforo María on 21 September 1940.
• Type locality: “Espinal, west of Magdalena River on the plains of Tolima, Colombia”.

Combinations

• Molossops temminckii griseiventer Sanborn, 1941: 385 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Molossops griseiventer — Volleth, Heller, Tidemann, Yong, Göpfert & Müller, 2023: 9 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Sanborn, C.C. 1941. Descriptions and records of Neotropical bats. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 27: 371–387.
• Volleth, M., Heller, K.-G., Tidemann, C., Yong, H.-S., Göpfert, M. & Müller, S. 2023. Karyotype evolution in Vespertilionoidea: Centromere repositioning and inversions in Molossidae (Chiroptera, Mammalia). Acta Chiropterologica 25(1): 1–33. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2023.25.1.001 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chacón-Pacheco, J.J., Avendaño-Maldonado, L.J., Agamez-López, C., Mejía-Fontecha, I.Y., Velásquez-Guarín, D., Ossa-López, P.A., Rivera-Páez, F.A., Morales-Martínez, D.M. & Ramírez-Chaves, H.E. 2021. Distribution of the dwarf dog-faced bat Molossops temminckii (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Colombia and comments on its morphometry in South America. Mammalia 85(2): 182–188. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2020-0051 Reference page. 
• Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Morales-Martínez, D.M., Martínez-Medina, D., Ossa-López, P.A. & Rivera-Páez, F.A. 2023. Revising the diversity within the Dwarf Dog-faced Bat, Molossops temminckii (Chiroptera, Molossidae), with the revalidation of the endangered Molossops griseiventer. Zookeys 1180: 237–256. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.109091 Reference page.