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List of molossids

Species in mammal family Molossidae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of molossids
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Molossidae is one of the twenty families of bats in the mammalian order Chiroptera and part of the microbat suborder. Members of this family are called a molossid, or a free-tailed bat. They are named for their tail, which extends past the uropatagium, a membrane that connects the legs of bats.[1] They are found in all continents besides Antarctica, primarily in caves, forests, savannas, and shrublands, though some species can also be found in deserts, rocky areas, or coastal areas. They range in size from the blunt-eared bat, at 3 cm (1 in) plus a 2 cm (1 in) tail, to the hairless bat, at 18 cm (7 in) plus a 8 cm (3 in) tail. Like all bats, molossids are capable of true and sustained flight, and have forearm lengths ranging from 2 cm (1 in) for many species to 9 cm (4 in) in the hairless bat, big bonneted bat, and western mastiff bat. They are all insectivorous and eat a variety of insects and spiders.[1] Almost no molossids have population estimates, though the Mexican free-tailed bat is estimated to have a population of nearly 100 million, as one of the most numerous mammals in the world,[2] while seven species—the blunt-eared bat, equatorial dog-faced bat, Fijian mastiff bat, La Touche's free-tailed bat, Natal free-tailed bat, São Tomé free-tailed bat, and Solomons mastiff bat—are categorized as endangered species, with populations as low as 200.

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Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)

The 120 extant species of Molossidae are divided between two subfamilies, Molossinae and Tomopeatinae. Molossinae contains 119 species grouped into 18 genera, while Tomopeatinae contains only a single species. A few extinct prehistoric molossid species have been discovered, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed.[3]

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The author citation for the species or genus is given after the scientific name; parentheses around the author citation indicate that this was not the original taxonomic placement. Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the molossid's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted.

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Classification

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The family Molossidae consists of two subfamilies: Molossinae, containing 119 species divided into 18 genera, and Tomopeatinae, which consists of a single species.

Family Molossidae

  • Subfamily Molossinae
    • Genus Austronomus (Australasian free-tailed bats): two species
    • Genus Cheiromeles (naked bats): two species
    • Genus Cynomops (dog-faced bats): six species
    • Genus Eumops (bonneted bats): fifteen species
    • Genus Micronomus (east-coast free-tailed bat): one species
    • Genus Molossops (dog-faced bats): four species
    • Genus Molossus (velvety free-tailed bats): nine species
    • Genus Mops (free-tailed bats): thirty-six species
    • Genus Mormopterus (little mastiff bats): seven species
    • Genus Myopterus (African free-tailed bats): two species
    • Genus Nyctinomops (free-tailed bats): four species
    • Genus Otomops (mastiff bats): eight species
    • Genus Ozimops (Australian free-tailed bats): nine species
    • Genus Platymops (Peters's flat-headed bat): one species
    • Genus Promops (mastiff bats): three species
    • Genus Sauromys (Roberts's flat-headed bat): one species
    • Genus Setirostris (hairy-nosed free-tailed bat): one species
    • Genus Tadarida (guano bats): eight species
  • Subfamily Tomopeatinae
    • Genus Tomopeas (blunt-eared bat): one species
Molossidae[4]
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Molossids

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The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by the reference work Mammal Species of the World (2005), with augmentation by generally accepted proposals made since using molecular phylogenetic analysis, as supported by both the IUCN and the American Society of Mammalogists.[5]

Subfamily Molossinae

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Subfamily Tomopeatinae

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