Molossops

Molossops
	Molossops temminckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Molossidae
Genus:	Molossops; Peters, 1865

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

Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 2 October 2009
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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[Simmons-1] Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 2 October 2009

[Eger,_2007-2] 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.