Molossus rufus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: Roosts in buildings, hardly captured outside the roosts. Found in tropical deciduous forests , evergreen , shrubs , oak forest and secondary vegetation(Santos and Castro-Arellano, 2005).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Molossus ater

Notes

Called ater by many authors , but see Dolan (1989), who argued, based on descriptions of head and ear shape of both taxa, and examination of the specimens labeled as types of rufus in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, that Molossus ater Geoffroy, 1805, is really an Eumops, and that rufus is really the correct name for the large Molossus often incorrectly called ater. Species requires taxonomic revision and studies (Barquez pers. comm. ).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Molossus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. ater (Black Mastiff Bat) · M. aztecus (Aztec Mastiff Bat) · M. bondae (Bonda Mastiff-Bat) · M. coibensis (Velvety Free-Tailed Bats) · M. currentium (Bonda Mastiff Bat) · M. molossus (Velvety Free-Tailed Bat) · M. pretiosus (Miller's Mastiff-Bat) · M. rufus (Black Mastiff Bat) · M. sinaloae (Allen's Mastiff-Bat) · M. sinaloae sinaloae (Sinaloan Mastiff Bat)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url fig. lxviii , p. 521, p. 522, p. 627, p. viii.
• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Chicago, 1905. url p. 495, p. 495, p. 634.
• A multivariate study of the family molossidae (mammalia, chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution / Patricia Waring Freeman. 7 1981 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1981. url p. 153, p. 156.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 139.
• Bats from Guerrero, Jalisco and Oaxaca, Mexico. 37 1955 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1955. url p. 720.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 17 1972 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 19.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 118, p. 72, p. 88.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 14, p. 206, p. 207, p. 232, p. 33, p. 670, p. 686.
• Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1878. url , , , , .
• Catalogue of the bones of Mammalia in the collection of the British museum. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1862. url .
• Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum / [compiled by Edward Gerrard]. London: printed by Taylor and Francis, by order of the Trustees, 1862 url p. 52.
• Collected writings on mammals. [v.p.]1870-1908. url p. 206, p. 207, p. 232, p. 670, p. 92.
• Ectoparasites of Panama. Rupert L. Wenzel [and] Vernon J. Tipton, editors. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. url p. 474, p. 602, p. 772, p. 97.
• Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences. Edinburgh [etc.]: Published for the proprietor [etc.], 1835-1840. url p. 17.
• Elements of natural history, adapted to the present state of the science, containing the generic characters of nearly the whole animal kingdom, and the descriptions of the principal species. By John Stark. .. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood; [etc., etc.], 1828. url p. 67.
• Index generum mammalium: a list of the genera and families of mammals. By T. S. Palmer. .. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1904. url p. 800.
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• Karl Patterson Schmidt: anniversary volume in honor of his sixty-fifth birthday. 37 1955 [Chicago]1955. url p. 720.
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 72.
• Mammals in the Royal Natural History Museum, Stockholm, collected in Brazil and Bolivia by A.M. Olalla during 1934-1938 / Bruce D. Patterson. 66 1992 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1992. url p. 21, p. 37, p. 38, p. 39.
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Notes

Contributors

• Barquez, R., Rodriguez, B., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2008. Molossus rufus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 13, 2007:

• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México
• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Mammals
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5610137
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14847168
• IUCN ID: 224062
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2017627

Footnotes

1. Barquez, R., Rodriguez, B., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2008. Molossus rufus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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