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Molossus
Geoffroy, 1805
- velvety free-tailed bats
(mammal)
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Molossinae (Subfamily)
..Chaerephon (Genus) - lesser mastiff bats
..Cheiromeles (Genus) - naked bats
..†Cuvierimops (Genus)
..Cynomops (Genus)
..Eumops (Genus) - mastiff bats, bonneted bats
..†Kiotomops (Genus)
..Molossops (Genus) - broad-faced bats
..Mops (Genus) - greater mastiff bats
..Mormopterus (Genus) - little goblin bats
..Myopterus (Genus)
..Nyctinomops (Genus) - New World free-tailed bats
..Otomops (Genus) - big-eared free-tailed bats
..†Petramops (Genus)
..Platymops (Genus) - flat-headed free-tailed bat
..Promops (Genus) - domed-palate mastiff bats
..Sauromys (Genus) - South African flat-headed bat
..Tadarida (Genus) - free-tailed bats
..†Wallia (Genus)
..Molossus (Genus) - velvety free-tailed bats
....Molossus aztecus (Species)
....Molossus barnesi (Species)
....Molossus coibensis (Species)
....Molossus currentium (Species)
....Molossus molossus (Species) - Pallas' mastiff-bat
....Molossus pretiosus (Species) - Miller's mastiff-bat
....Molossus rufus (Species)
....Molossus sinaloae (Species) - Allen's mastiff-bat
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805
Original name
:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1805:151.
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:
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:
Types
Type of
:
Molossinae
(Subfamily)
Gervais, 1856
Type, by original designation
:
Molossus molossus
(Pallas, 1766)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Mollosus
(Genus)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
fluweelvleermuizen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
velvety free-tailed bats
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28 Aug 2026