Molossus alvarezi
González-Ruiz, Ramírez-Pulido, & Arroyo-Cabrales, 2011
Alvarez's Mastiff Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Molossidae |
| Subfamily | : Molossinae |
| Genus | : Molossus |
Species status
Authority citation
González-Ruiz, N., Ramírez-Pulido, J. and Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2011-07. A new species of mastiff bat (Chiroptera: Molossidae: Molossus) from Mexico. Mammalian Biology 76(4):461-469.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2010.06.004Original name as described
Molossus alvarezi
Other common names
Alvarez's Free-tailed Bat
Type material
ENCB 34208
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Río Lagartos, 20 m, Municipio de Río Lagartos, Yucatán, Mexico (21°35'51"N, 88°9'28"W)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Peru · Trinidad and Tobago
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
González-Ruiz, N., Ramírez-Pulido, J., & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2011). A new species of mastiff bat (Chiroptera: Molossidae: Molossus) from Mexico. Mammalian Biology, 76(4), 461-469.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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