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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea
Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Molossops
Species (3): M. griseiventer – M. neglectus – M. temminckii
Name
Molossops Peters, 1866: 575
Type species: Dysopes temminckii Burmeister, 1854, by subsequent designation by Miller (1907: 247).
Synonymy
Dysopes Burmeister, 1854: 72 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Dysopes Illiger, 1811]
Myopterus Peters, 1869: 402 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Myopterus É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1818]
References
Primary references
Peters, W. [1865] 1866. Über die brasilianischen, von Spix beschriebenen Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 568–588 + 1 plate.
Additional references
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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.109091 Open access Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Dog-faced Bats
Molossops (meaning: false molossus bat) is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae.[1] The four member species are found in nearly every country of South America, with the dwarf dog-faced bat being found in the most countries. It contains only two species:
Rufous dog-faced bat (Molossops neglectus)
Dwarf dog-faced bat (Molossops temminckii)
Judith L. Eger writes that the genus only consists of M. neglectus and M. temminckii; M. aequatorianus Cabrera, 1917 (= Cabreramops Ibáñez, 1981) and M. mattogrossensis C. O. C. Vieira, 1942 (= Neoplatymops R. L. Peterson, 1965) were incorrectly assigned to this genus.[2]
References
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Eger, Judith L. (2007). "Genus Molossops W. Peters, 1866". In Gardner, Alfred L. (ed.). Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. Mammals of South America. Vol. 1. pp. 416–419. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226282428.001.0001. ISBN 9780226282404.
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