The true taxonomic identity of the mastiff bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae: Molossus) from Cuba, Cayman Islands and Jamaica Author Amaro-Valdés, Seriocha Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Carretera Varona, No. 11835, entre Oriente y Lindero, Reparto Parajón, Boyeros, CP 11800, La Habana, Cuba. Author De Armas, Luis F. P. O. Box 4327, San Antonio de los Baños, CP 38100, Artemisa, Cuba. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-21 5453 3 448 450 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.3.10 1175-5326 11234052 7C06E473-38B4-49C1-8334-E7022D7C1E9B Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray, 1839:6 ; type locality: Cuba , restricted to the city of La Habana by Silva-Taboada, 1976:3 . SYNONYMS: Molossus velox : Horsfield, 1828:237 ; part. Molossus fuliginosus Gray, 1838:501 . Not M . fuliginosus Cooper, 1837:67 [= Tadarida cynocephala (Le Conte, 1831:432) ]. Based on type specimen in the British Museum; type locality unknow. Molossus fuliginosus : Gray, 1843:35 . Three specimens in the British Museum from Bermuda , Jamaica , and Portobello . Molossus fumarius : Gosse & Hill, 1851:293 ; part. Dysopes obscurus : Gundlach, 1858:21 ; part. [ Molossus rufus ] Subspecies a. Molossus obscurus : Dobson, 1876:710 ; part. [ Molossus rufus ] Var. a ( Molossus obscurus ): Dobson, 1878:412 ; part. One of the specimens from Jamaica designed as lectotype of M . fuliginosus Gray, 1838 . Molossus obscurus verrilli : G.M. Allen, 1911:247 ; part. Molossus milleri Johnson, 1952:197 ; new synonym . Molossus major tropidorhynchus : Silva-Taboada, 1965:13 ; name combination. Molossus m [ olossus ]. tropidorhynchus : Tamsitt & Fox, 1970:399 ; name combination. Molossus molossus milleri : Varona, 1974:42 ; name combination. Molossus molossus tropidorhynchus : Varona, 1974:42 ; name combination.