Molossus (kelawar)

Molossus
	Rangka Molossus nigricans di Institusi Smithsonian.
Pengelasan saintifik
Domain:	Eukaryota
Alam:	Haiwan
Filum:	Chordata
Kelas:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Keluarga:	Molossidae
Genus:	Molossus; É. Geoffroy, 1805
Spesies jenis
	Vespertilio molossus; Pallas, 1766
Species
	Molossus alvarezi; Molossus aztecus; Molossus barnesi; Molossus coibensis; Molossus currentium; Molossus molossus; Molossus pretiosus; Molossus rufus; Molossus sinaloae;

Molossus ialah suatu genus kelawar. Genus ini mengandungi sepuluh spesies dengan taburan Dunia Baru dari Mexico di utara hingga ke utara Argentina di sempadan paling selatan. Empat daripada spesies ini mempunyai taburan yang merangkumi pelbagai pulau di Hindia Barat seperti Puerto Rico atau Trinidad.^[1]^[2]

Genus ini tergolong dalam kumpulan yang biasanya dikenali sebagai kelasar. Namanya berasal daripada baka anjing gembala kuno Molossus.^[3]

Sistematik

Spesies berikut diakui:

Batin Alvarez, Molossus alvarezi
Batin Aztec, Molossus aztecus Saussure, 1860^[4]
Batin Coiba, Molossus coibensis Allen, 1904^[4]
Batin Bonda, Molossus currentium Thomas, 1901^[4]
Batin Pallas, Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766)^[4]
Batin Miller, Molossus pretiosus Miller, 1902^[4]
Batin hitam, Molossus rufus E. Geoffroy, 1805^[4]
Batin Sinaloa, Molossus sinaloae

Rujukan

^ "Molossus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Dicapai pada 28 Januari 2009.
^ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., penyunting (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (ed. 3rd). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
^ The Mammals of the Southern African Sub-region by J. D. Skinner, ISBN 0-521-84418-5, 2006, p. 277, "The name of the [free-tailed bats] family is derived from the Greek molossus, a kind of dog used by Greek shepherds in ancient times."
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Louriero, Livia Oliviera; Gregorin, Renato; Perini, Fernando Araujo (2018). "Diversity, morphological phylogeny, and distribution of bats of the genus Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805 (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Brazil". Zoosystema. 40: 452–425. doi:10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a18. S2CID 92125667.

Bibliografi

"Molossus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Dicapai pada 28 January 2009.

[ITISMolossus-1] "Molossus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Dicapai pada 28 Januari 2009.

[Simmons-2] Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., penyunting (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (ed. 3rd). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[3] The Mammals of the Southern African Sub-region by J. D. Skinner, ISBN 0-521-84418-5, 2006, p. 277, "The name of the [free-tailed bats] family is derived from the Greek molossus, a kind of dog used by Greek shepherds in ancient times."

[ZooSystema2018-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Louriero, Livia Oliviera; Gregorin, Renato; Perini, Fernando Araujo (2018). "Diversity, morphological phylogeny, and distribution of bats of the genus Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805 (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Brazil". Zoosystema. 40: 452–425. doi:10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a18. S2CID 92125667.

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