Rufous dog-faced bat

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

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[3]
Molossops temminckii Tuttle, 1970;[4] not Dysopes temminckii Burmeister, 1854

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. 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.
4. 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.
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.