Molossops griseiventer

Sanborn, 1941

Colombian Dog-faced Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Sanborn, C.C. 1941-12-08. Descriptions and records of Neotropical bats. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 27:371-387.

Original name as described

Molossops temminckii griseiventer

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:51727

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Espinal, west of Magdalena River on plains of Tolima, Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

split from M. temminckii

Taxonomy notes citation

Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Martínez-Medina, D., Ossa-López, P. A., & Rivera-Páez, F. A. (2023). Revising the diversity within the Dwarf Dog-faced Bat, Molossops temminckii (Chiroptera, Molossidae), with the revalidation of the endangered Molossops griseiventer. ZooKeys, 1180, 237-256.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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