Interesting Facts
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
)
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
)
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
)
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
)
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
)
- (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Molossidae
(
)
- (Gervais, in Comte de Castelnau, 1855) Gill, 1872
- Subfamily:
Molossinae
(
)
- Genus:
Molossus
(
)
- É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805
- Specific name:
molossus
- Subspecies:
molossus
- Scientific name: - Molossus molossus molossus
- Subspecies:
molossus
- Specific name:
molossus
- Genus:
Molossus
(
- Subfamily:
Molossinae
(
- Family:
Molossidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aphylla molossus Selys
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Molossus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. ater (Black Mastiff Bat) · M. aztecus (Aztec Mastiff Bat) · M. bondae (Bonda Mastiff-Bat) · M. coibensis (Velvety Free-Tailed Bats) · M. currentium (Bonda Mastiff Bat) · M. molossus (Velvety Free-Tailed Bat) · M. pretiosus (Miller's Mastiff-Bat) · M. rufus (Black Mastiff Bat) · M. sinaloae (Allen's Mastiff-Bat) · M. sinaloae sinaloae (Sinaloan Mastiff Bat)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A multivariate study of the family molossidae (mammalia, chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution / Patricia Waring Freeman. 7 1981 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1981. url p. 9.
- West Indian mammals from the Albert Schwartz Collection: biological and historical information / by Robert M. Timm and Hugh H. Genoways. 2003 Lawrence, Kan.: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, [2003] url p. 36.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2722602
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2473385
