Molossops

Molossops
Systematics
Subclass :	Higher mammals (Eutheria)
Superordinate :	Laurasiatheria
Order :	Bats (chiroptera)
Superfamily :	Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionoidea)
Family :	Bulldog bats (Molossidae)
Genre :	Molossops
Scientific name
	Molossops
	Peters , 1865

Molossops is a genus from the family of bulldog bats (Molossidae), whose representativesare nativeto South America.

description

Molossops species have a head-trunk length of 40 to 95 mm, a forearm length of 28 to 51 mm and weigh between 5 and 12 g. As with other representatives of the bulldog bats, the tail is free and in this genus 14–37 mm long. The coat color is variable from yellowish brown to rusty red to almost black, whereby the abdominal region is lighter in each case. The genus looks similar to the velvet bats (genus Molossus ), but differs from them in the presence of thicker hairs on the underside of the wings along the forearm. The face is wide, the ears wide apart, and the lips are not wrinkled. In contrast to the genus Myopterus , Molossops does not have two pits in the sphenoid bone .

Way of life

Molossops species, like most bats, are nocturnal and feed on insects. They spend the day in hollow tree trunks and other tree hollows. They inhabit different tropical habitats and like other representatives of the bulldog bats are agile crawlers and fast fliers.

Types and distribution

The German names follow TCH Cole's dictionary of mammalian names .

Equatorial broad- snouted bat ( Molossops aequatorianus ) - Only found in Ecuador around the city of Guayaquil . The species is classified as endangered by the IUCN .

Mato Grosso broad -snouted bat, also Mato Grosso flat-headed bulldog bat or South American flat-headed bat ( Molossops mattogrossensis ) - Venezuela to Brazil

Reddish broad- nosed bat ( Molossops neglectus ) - In the Amazon basin and southern Brazil . The species was not described until 1980.

Miniature broad- snouted bat ( Molossops temminckii ) - Venezuela to central Argentina

literature

Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Bats of the World , Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 1994, ISBN 0-8018-4986-1 .

Individual evidence

^ Theodor CH Cole: Dictionary of Mammal Names - Dictionary of Mammal Names . 1st edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-662-46269-0 .

↑ Molossops aequatorianus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017.2. Posted by: D. Tirira, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2017.

[1] Theodor CH Cole: Dictionary of Mammal Names - Dictionary of Mammal Names . 1st edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-662-46269-0 .