MOLOSSIDAE, Gervais, 1856

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Molossidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 598-672 : 598

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6418279

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6577327

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/194287C9-FFBC-BA10-B5A3-F6AEB7C1FB06

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Plazi

scientific name

MOLOSSIDAE
status

 

Family MOLOSSIDAE View in CoL

(FREE-TAILED BATS)

• Insectivorous bats, no noseleaf; long narrow wings for fast flight; fairly large, typically conjoined ears; and tail protrudes beyond uropatagium.

• 6-26 cm. View Figure

• Nearctic, Neotropical, Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Australasian Regions. View Figure

• From deserts through savanna grasslands and forests.

es 29 genera, 126 species, 150 taxa. View Subdivision of the Molossidae

• • 5 species Endangered, 6 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Molossidae

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