Molossus molossus

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

Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766)

Lectotype: larger specimen of Daubenton (in Buffon & Daubenton, 1763, pl. xix fig. 1). [designated by Husson (1962: 251)]
Type locality: “alia specie Americana”, restricted to Martinique, West Indies, by Husson (1962: 251).

Sinaloa and Coahuila (Mexico) to Peru, North Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Guianas
Greater and Lesser Antilles
Florida Keys (USA)
Margarita Island (Venezuela)
Curaçao and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
Trinidad and Tobago

Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea zoologica: quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef: Hagae Comitum. i–xii + 1–224 pp., pl. 1–14. BHL Reference page.
Husson, A.M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zoologische Verhandelingen 58(1): 1–282. PDF Reference page.

English: Pallas's Mastiff Bat