Rufous dog-faced bat

Rufous dog-faced bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Molossidae
Genus:	Molossops
Species:	M. neglectus
Binomial name
Molossops neglectus Williams & Genoways, 1980[2]
Synonyms[4]
Molossops temminckii Tuttle, 1970;[3] not Dysopes temminckii Burmeister, 1854

The rufous dog-faced bat (Molossops neglectus), is a bat species found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Suriname.^[5]

References

1. Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2016). "Molossops neglectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13641A22108928. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13641A22108928.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Williams, Stephen L.; Genoways, Hugh H. (1980). "Results of the Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. IV. A New Species of Bat of the Genus Molossops (Mammalia: Molossidae)". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 49 (25): 487–498. doi:10.5962/p.214483. S2CID 82445672. BHL page 52334711.
3. Tuttle, Merlin D. (1970). "Distribution and Zoogeography of Peruvian Bats, with Comments on Natural History". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 49 (2): 79. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.9197.
4. Eger, Judith L. (2007). "Family Molossidae P. Gervais, 1856". In Gardner, Alfred L. (ed.). Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. Mammals of South America. Vol. 1. p. 417. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226282428.001.0001. ISBN 9780226282404.
5. Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 12 September 2009

Further reading

• Ascorra, César F.; Wilson, Don E.; Handley, Jr., Charles O. (1991). "Geographic Distribution of Molossops neglectus Williams and Genoways (Chiroptera: Molossidae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 72 (4): 828–830. doi:10.2307/1381852. JSTOR 1381852.
• Gregorin, Renato; Lim, Burton K.; Pedro, Wagner A.; Passos, Fernando C.; Taddei, Valdir A. (2004). "Distributional extension of Molossops neglectus (Chiroptera, Molossidae) into southeastern Brazil". Mammalia. 68 (2–3): 233–237. doi:10.1515/mamm.2004.023. S2CID 55461075.