Molossus fentoni

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: Molossus
Species: Molossus fentoni

Name

Molossus fentoni Loureiro, Lim & Engstrom, 2018: 14

• Holotype: ROM 122583, adult ♂, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by Burton K. Lim, C. Osborne and A. Ignance on 1 October 2013.
• Type locality: “Bototo Wau, near the village of Parabara, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana (2.18201°, −59.33706°, elevation 245 m).”

References

Primary references

• Loureiro, L.O., Lim, B.K. & Engstrom, M.D. 2018. A New Species of Mastiff Bat (Chiroptera, Molossidae, Molossus) from Guyana and Ecuador. Mammalian Biology 90: 10–21. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.01.008 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Fenton's Mastiff Bat