Cabreramops aequatorianus

(Cabrera, 1917)

Equatorial Dog-faced Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Cabreramops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cabrera, Á. 1917. Mamíferos del viaje al Pacífico verificado de 1862 a 1865 por una Comisión de Naturalistas enviada por el Gobierno Español. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales 31:1-62.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13694473

Original name as described

Molossops aequatorianus

Other common names

Cabrera's Free-tailed Bat

Type material

MNCN 1296

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Babahoyo, sobre el río Guayas," Los Ríos, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

moved from Molossops to Cabreramops

Taxonomy notes citation

Gregorin, R., & Cirranello, A. (2016). Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data. Cladistics, 32(1), 2-35.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005143

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Molossops aequatorianus

(Cabrera, 1917)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aequatorianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1296

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13694473

Authority publication

Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13638/22109325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cabreramops aequatorianus

Ibáñez, 1981

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aequatorianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Acta vertebrata

Name usages

  1. Ibáñez (1981:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36309)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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