Neoplatymops mattogrossensis

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: Neoplatymops
Species: Neoplatymops mattogrossensis

Name

Neoplatymops mattogrossensis (Vieira, 1942)

• Holotype: MNRJ 3597, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “S. Simão, rio Juruena, norte de Mato Grosso”, Brazil.

Combinations

• Molossops mattogrossensis Vieira, 1942: 430 [original combination]
• Molossops temminckii mattogrossensis: Cabrera, 1958: 117 [name combination]
• [Cynomops] mattogrossensis: Goodwin, 1958: 5 [name combination]
• Neoplatymops mattogrossensis: Peterson, 1965: 3 [name combination]
• Molossops (Neoplatymops) mattogrossensis: Freeman, 1981: 156 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Neoplatymops mattogrossensis bolivarensis Linares & Escalante, 1992: 422
  • Holotype: MB-UCV I-1627, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed.
  • Type locality: “Represa de Guri, Lower Caroni River, Bolivar State, Venezuela, 180 m.”

References

Primary references

• Vieira, C.O. da C. 1942. Ensaio monográfico sobre os quirópteros do Brasil. Arquivos de Zoologia 3(8): 219–471. PDF Reference page. 
• Cabrera, Á. 1958. Catálogo de los mamíferos de América del Sur. Tomo I (Metatheria, Unguiculata y Carnivora). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". Zoología 4 (1): 1–308. Reference page. 
• Goodwin, G.G. 1958. Three new bats from Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 1877: 1–6.
• Peterson, R.L. 1965. A review of the flat-headed bats of the family Molossidae from South America and Africa. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 64: 1–32. Reference page. 
• Freeman, P.W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology 7: 1–173.
• Linares, O.J. & Escalante, A. 1992. A new subspecies of the South American flat-headed bat (Neoplatymops mattogrossensis) from southern Venezuela. Mammalia 56(3): 417–24. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1992.56.3.417

Additional references

• Sazima, I. & Taddei, V.A. 1976. A second Brazilian record of the South American flat-headed bat, Neoplatymops mattogrossensis. Journal of Mammalogy 57(4): 757–758.
• Willig, M.R. 1985. Ecology, reproductive biology, and systematics of Neoplatymops mattogrossensis (Chiroptera:Molossidae). Journal of Mammalogy 66(4): 618–628.
• Ortiz-Von Halley, B., Albeey, B. & Alberico, M. 1989. Primer registro de Neoplatymops mattogrossensis (Cunha Vieira 1942) (Chiroptera: Molossidae) en territorio colombiano. Trianea 3: 263.
• Gregorin, R. 1998. Notes on the geographic distribution of Neoplatymops mattogrosensis (Vieira, 1942) (Chiroptera, Molossidae). Chiroptera Neotropical 4(1): 88–90.

Links

• IUCN: Neoplatymops mattogrossensis  (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Mato Grosso Dog-faced Bat