Molossus rufus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805

Common Black 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1805-03-21. Note sur une petite famille de chauve-souris d'Amérique, désignée sous le nom générique de Molossus. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805) 3(96):278-279.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5495417

Original name as described

Molossus rufus

Other common names

Black Free-tailed Bat · Black Mastiff Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1847 (= MNHN ? 224) (= MNHN A 428)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1847

Type locality

"Amérique du nord, de Surinam, et principal ement de Caïenne [= North America, Suriname, and chiefly form Cayenne]." Restricted by G. S. Miller, Jr. in 1913 to Cayenne, French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. nigricans and M. fluminensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Loureiro, L. O., Engstrom, M. D., & Lim, B. K. (2020). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) provide unprecedented resolution of species boundaries, phylogenetic relationships, and genetic diversity in the mastiff bats (Molossus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 143, 106690.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005205

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.

Molossus ursinus

von Spix, 1823

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826988

Authority publication

Munich

Molossus myosuros

von Tschudi, 1845

Family

Molossidae

Root name

myosuros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNN 94.1203

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007867

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

Tschudi (1845:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)

Molossus rufus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1847 (= MNHN ? 224) (= MNHN A 428)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1847

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5495417

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Lesson (1827:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Gray (1839:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20193)
  4. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  5. Miller (1913:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17072)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13644/22107969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dysopes albus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

368

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703399

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wagner (1847:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)

Dysopes alecto

(Temminck, 1826)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13023.a, RMNH.MAM.13023.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13023.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13023.b

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dysopes rufus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lesson (1842:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Molossus Alecto

Lesson, 1827

Family

Molossidae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207569

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Dysopes ursinus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Wagner (1847:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)

Molossus myosuros

von Tschudi, 1844

Family

Molossidae

Root name

myosuros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089022

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

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