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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFF3923D1FE1288E1" box="[203,409,451,474]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
Thomas
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<figureCitation id="5F8B5183FF09FF3AFED023F1FE2288CD" box="[290,425,483,502]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStartId-0="155.[154,192,1640,1661]" captionStartId-1="156.[120,158,1653,1674]" captionStartId-2="157.[154,192,771,792]" captionTargetBox-0="[208,1155,212,1613]" captionTargetBox-1="[243,1052,210,1628]" captionTargetBox-2="[130,1226,215,746]" captionTargetId-0="figure-12@155.[200,1160,208,1619]" captionTargetId-1="figure-14@156.[235,1056,208,1632]" captionTargetId-2="figure-13@157.[127,1234,208,749]" captionTargetPageId-0="155" captionTargetPageId-1="156" captionTargetPageId-2="157" captionText-0="Fig. 61. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the skull of Molossus barnesi (AMNH 269105; female) from Paracou. Dorsal (C) and ventral (D) views of the skull of M. molossus (AMNH 269102; female) from Paracou. Note species differences in size, relative breadths of the postorbital region and braincase, and incisor morphology. Scale bars = 10 mm." captionText-1="Fig. 62. Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (A) Molossus barnesi (AMNH 269105; female) and (B) M. molossus (AMNH 269102; female). Scale bars = 10 mm." captionText-2="Fig. 63. Anterior view of the skull and upper dentition of (A) Molossus barnesi (AMNH 269105; female) and (B) M. molossus (AMNH 269102; female). Note the species difference in shape of the upper incisors, which are spatulate in barnesi but taper to pincerlike points in molossus. Scale bars = 5 mm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545182" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545187" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545189" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4545182/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4545187/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/4545189/files/figure.png" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Figures 6163</figureCitation>
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VOUCHER MATERIAL:
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IDENTIFICATION: Thomas (1905a) originally described
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFF282091FE278BA1" box="[218,428,643,666]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
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from a single female specimen collected at Cayenne, French Guiana. Thomas noted that
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFDE220ACFDA38BEE" box="[528,552,702,725]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
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could be distinguished from other small
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFFAC20EAFF478A34" box="[94,204,760,783]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus</emphasis>
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species based on length of the dorsal fur (shorter in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFECD2104FE1D8A16" box="[319,406,790,813]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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), color of the fur (lighter in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFF292121FEB98A71" box="[219,306,819,842]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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), height and ribbing of the muzzle (both less pronounced in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFDF42142FDD68A5C" box="[518,605,848,871]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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), length of the forearm and hind leg (both shorter in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFF272199FEA78A99" box="[213,300,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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), and degree of inflation of the braincase (greater in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFE6821BAFE7A8A84" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[410,497,936,959]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFE6821BAFE7A8A84" box="[410,497,936,959]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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). Thomas (1905a) particularly noted that
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFE3C21D4FDAE8AE6" box="[462,549,966,989]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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could be easily distinguished from specimens of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFDBC21F1FDED8AC1" box="[590,614,995,1018]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFFAC2612FF4C8D2C" box="[94,199,1024,1047]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">obscurus</emphasis>
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(=
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEF32612FE928D2C" box="[257,281,1024,1047]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEDD2612FE118D2C" box="[303,410,1024,1047]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
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) collected in the same area based on length of the forearm (33.7 mm in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEFB2629FEEB8D69" box="[265,352,1083,1106]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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, 39.040.0 in
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFDD22629FF088D54" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">obscurus</emphasis>
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).
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No specimens other than the holotype have been referred directly to
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFE372681FF068DFC" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
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. However,
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suggested that
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFFAC26DCFFFD8DDE" box="[94,118,1230,1253]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
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Allen (1916)
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from the Mato Grosso might be a junior synonym based on the published description. Cabrera likewise noted that a small specimen identified by
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as
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFED22751FEB38C61" box="[288,312,1347,1370]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEA22751FE328C61" box="[336,441,1347,1370]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">obscurus</emphasis>
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from Manaus might also represent
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEAA2772FEFB8C4C" box="[344,368,1376,1399]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFE732772FE538C4C" box="[385,472,1376,1399]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
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.
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Although
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and
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF09FF3AFDE0276FFF208C89" author="Husson, A. M." bookContentInfo="282 pp." journalOrPublisher="Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" refId="ref95767" refString="Husson, A. M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52: 282 pp. 1 30 pls." title="The bats of Suriname" type="book" year="1962">Husson (1962)</bibRefCitation>
recognized
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEC82789FD8C8C89" box="[314,519,1435,1458]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a distinct species, several recent authors have not.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF09FF3AFD6C22C4FBCD88E3" blockId="154.[670,1199,214,1763]" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF09FF3AFD6C22C4FCEA89D6" author="Freeman, P. W." bookContentInfo="173 pp." box="[670,865,214,237]" journalOrPublisher="Fieldiana Zool., N" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" refId="ref93166" refString="Freeman, P. W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana Zool., N. Ser. 7: 173 pp." title="A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution" type="book" year="1981">Freeman (1981)</bibRefCitation>
listed
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC3222C5FB9C89D5" box="[960,1047,215,238]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(which she spelled
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFCF922E6FCE98830" box="[779,866,244,267]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">burnsei</emphasis>
) as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFBA522E6FD60887E" authority=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990)" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBA522E6FBE48830" box="[1111,1135,244,267]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFB7322E6FD618813" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
,
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF09FF3AFCF52303FD60887E" author="Brosset, A. &amp; P. Charles-Dominique" journalOrPublisher="Mammalia" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" pagination="509 - 559" part="54" refId="ref91807" refString="Brosset, A., and P. Charles-Dominique 1990. The bats from French Guiana: a taxonomic, faunistic and ecological approach. Mammalia 54: 509 - 559." title="The bats from French Guiana: a taxonomic, faunistic and ecological approach" type="journal article" year="1990">Brosset and Charles­Dominique (1990)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
considered
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC8C233DFC5E887D" box="[894,981,303,326]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
a synonym of
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFB7C233DFB2D887D" box="[1166,1190,303,326]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFD6C235EFCFB8858" box="[670,880,332,355]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassicaudatus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD6C235EFD388858" box="[670,691,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">m</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD30235EFCFB8858" box="[706,880,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">crassicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and Koopman (1994) list­ ed
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD37237BFC9788BB" box="[709,796,361,384]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a valid subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFBA7237BFD6E88A5" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBA7237BFBE688BB" box="[1109,1133,361,384]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFB73237BFD6E88A5" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, none of these authors presented any justification for treating
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFBB723B6FD3588E3" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnsei">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBB723B6FBD68880" box="[1093,1117,420,443]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFB9F23B6FD3588E3" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnsei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFD0E23D3FC1B88E3" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[764,912,449,472]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD0E23D3FC9F88E3" box="[764,788,449,472]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFCD723D3FC1B88E3" box="[805,912,449,472]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as conspecific.
</paragraph>
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In contrast to these taxonomic assessments, we conclude that
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFC2923EEFB258B28" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[987,1198,508,531]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC2923EEFB258B28" box="[987,1198,508,531]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFD22200BFCE88B0B" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[720,867,537,560]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD22200BFD638B0B" box="[720,744,537,560]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD0A200BFCE88B0B" box="[760,867,537,560]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinct species. Among other characters, these species can be distinguished by their upper incisors, which taper to a set of pincers in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFC5C2063FB928BB3" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[942,1049,625,648]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC5C2063FB928BB3" box="[942,1049,625,648]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whereas in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFD6C209DFD7E8B9D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[670,757,655,678]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD6C209DFD7E8B9D" box="[670,757,655,678]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they form a flattened bladelike or spatulate array (figs. 61, 63). Measurement comparisons (table 63) demonstrate that our Paracou specimens of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFC5F20F5FB8F8BC5" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[941,1028,743,766]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC5F20F5FB8F8BC5" box="[941,1028,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFBB120F5FB258BC5" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[1091,1198,743,766]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBB120F5FB258BC5" box="[1091,1198,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished unambiguously by forearm length, tibia length, tail length, condyloincisive length, mastoid breadth, and length of the maxillary toothrow.
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFC12214EFB258A48" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[992,1198,860,883]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC12214EFB258A48" box="[992,1198,860,883]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the smaller of the two species in all dimensions except tail length and mastoid breadth. There is at least some overlap in the other measurements we recorded, but comparisons of mean values suggest that
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFBAD21FDFD488D18" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBAD21FDFD488D18" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a longer hindfoot, longer skull, narrower braincase, and narrower postorbital region than does
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFCAD2655FC3D8D65" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[863,950,1095,1118]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFCAD2655FC3D8D65" box="[863,950,1095,1118]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(table 63). In addition, length of the dorsal fur is different (3 4 mm in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFCE32693FCF78DA3" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[785,892,1153,1176]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFCE32693FCF78DA3" box="[785,892,1153,1176]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC7C2692FC2F8DA3" bold="true" box="[910,932,1152,1176]" pageId="154" pageNumber="154"></emphasis>
2 mm in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFBD12693FBF18DA3" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[1059,1146,1153,1176]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBD12693FBF18DA3" box="[1059,1146,1153,1176]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), as is color and banding of the fur. In our Paracou material of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFC9526AEFC598DE8" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[871,978,1212,1235]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC9526AEFC598DE8" box="[871,978,1212,1235]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the dorsal fur is dark brown with a white base that comprises roughly two­thirds the length of the hairs in the shoulder region and one­half the length of the hairs over the lower back; the ventral fur is slightly lighter brown, also with an extensive white base. In contrast, the dorsal fur in our specimens of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3AFC7E279BFC688C9B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[908,995,1417,1440]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFC7E279BFC688C9B" box="[908,995,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is reddish brown with a white base that comprises approximately one­half the length of the hairs in the shoulder region and somewhat less over the lower back; the ventral fur is a slightly paler reddish brown with little or no white base except in the throat region. We found no obvious differences between these species in ear or facial morphology.
</paragraph>
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The specific epithet was spelled two ways in Thomass (1905a) account:
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEA62407FE178F13" box="[340,412,1557,1576]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Burnesi</emphasis>
(p. 584) and
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFDB62407FF088F79" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Barnesi</emphasis>
(p. 585). As inidicated by
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF09FF3AFE7D243DFD948F79" author="Cabrera, A." bookContentInfo="307 pp." box="[399,543,1583,1602]" journalOrPublisher="Rev. Museo Argent. Cienc. Nat. '' Bernardino Rivadavia' ' (Cienc. Zool.) 4" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" refId="ref91973" refString="Cabrera, A. 1958. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Rev. Museo Argent. Cienc. Nat. '' Bernardino Rivadavia' ' (Cienc. Zool.) 4 (1): 307 pp." title="Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur" type="book" year="1958">Cabrera (1958)</bibRefCitation>
, the former was clearly a typographic error and as such must be considered an incorrect original spelling (see also
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). According to Gardner and Farrell (1990), Cabrera was the first reviser, so Millers (1913) prior use of
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFEE424A7FED78FF3" box="[278,348,1717,1736]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">burnesi</emphasis>
is nomenclaturally irrelevant (contra
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF09FF3AFF5524DDFEA78FD9" author="Husson, A. M." bookContentInfo="282 pp." box="[167,300,1743,1762]" journalOrPublisher="Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" refId="ref95767" refString="Husson, A. M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52: 282 pp. 1 30 pls." title="The bats of Suriname" type="book" year="1962">Husson, 1962</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</footnote>
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In her revision of the Central American species of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFCDA24BDFC1D8FFD" box="[808,918,1711,1734]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">Molossus</emphasis>
,
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treated
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFD6C24DEFD7E8FD8" box="[670,757,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synomym of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF09FF3EFBE924DEFF788D2E" authority="Allen (1904)" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="158" lastPageNumber="158" order="Chiroptera" pageId="154" pageNumber="154" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBE924DEFBB88FD8" box="[1051,1075,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF09FF3AFBB024DEFB258FD8" box="[1090,1198,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="154" pageNumber="154">coibensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0DFF3EFFAC21ECFF788D2E" author="Allen" box="[94,243,1022,1045]" firstAuthor="Allen" journalOrPublisher="Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist." pageId="158" pageNumber="158" pagination="227 - 237" part="20" refId="ref90553" refString="Allen, J. A. 1904. New bats from tropical America, with note on species of Otopterus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20: 227 - 237." title="New bats from tropical America, with note on species of Otopterus" type="journal article" year="1904">Allen (1904)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
based on measurement data and the unusual spatulate form of the upper incisors. Our comparisons of Thomas (1905a) measurements of the female holotype of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFDCE2645FF068DB0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFDCE2645FF068DB0" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(table 64) with measurements of female
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFFAC2683FF418D93" box="[94,202,1169,1192]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Central America (in
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) confirm that
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFEA226BDFE2C8DFD" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[336,423,1199,1222]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFEA226BDFE2C8DFD" box="[336,423,1199,1222]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
falls within the range of variation reported for
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFE2D26DEFDC08DD8" box="[479,587,1228,1251]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFE2D26DEFDC08DD8" box="[479,587,1228,1251]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in all standard measurements. However,
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0DFF3EFDD526FBFF518C26" author="Dolan, P. G." bookContentInfo="71 pp." journalOrPublisher="Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" refId="ref92751" refString="Dolan, P. G. 1989. Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 29: 71 pp." title="Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus" type="book" year="1989">Dolan (1989: 59)</bibRefCitation>
also noted that
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF08FF3BFF68247AFDF88FF6" blockId="155.[128,1232,1640,1741]" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">
Fig. 61. Dorsal (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF08FF3BFEA9247AFEE58F46" bold="true" box="[347,366,1640,1661]" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">A</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF08FF3BFDF6247AFD9E8F46" bold="true" box="[516,533,1640,1661]" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">B</emphasis>
) views of the skull of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF08FF3BFCF7247AFC368F46" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[773,957,1640,1661]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="155" pageNumber="155" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF08FF3BFCF7247AFC368F46" box="[773,957,1640,1661]" italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 269105; female) from Paracou. Dorsal (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF08FF3BFE852490FE018FAC" bold="true" box="[375,394,1666,1687]" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">C</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF08FF3BFDD72490FDB38FAC" bold="true" box="[549,568,1666,1687]" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">D</emphasis>
) views of the skull of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF08FF3BFCC02491FC3C8FA3" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[818,951,1667,1688]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="155" pageNumber="155" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF08FF3BFCC02491FCC38FA3" box="[818,840,1667,1688]" italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF08FF3BFCA52491FC3C8FA3" box="[855,951,1667,1688]" italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="155">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 269102; female) from Paracou. Note species differences in size, relative breadths of the postorbital region and braincase, and incisor morphology. Scale bars = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0FFF3CFF8A2467FCC08F9E" blockId="156.[94,1198,1653,1701]" pageId="156" pageNumber="156">
Fig. 62. Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0FFF3CFD4C2467FD5A8FB1" bold="true" box="[702,721,1653,1674]" pageId="156" pageNumber="156">A</emphasis>
)
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0FFF3CFD132464FC128FB0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[737,921,1654,1675]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="156" pageNumber="156" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0FFF3CFD132464FC128FB0" box="[737,921,1654,1675]" italics="true" pageId="156" pageNumber="156">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 269105; female) and (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0FFF3CFF672482FF2D8F9E" bold="true" box="[149,166,1680,1701]" pageId="156" pageNumber="156">B</emphasis>
)
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0FFF3CFF4A2482FEB68F9E" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[184,317,1680,1701]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="156" pageNumber="156" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0FFF3CFF4A2482FF458F9E" box="[184,206,1680,1701]" italics="true" pageId="156" pageNumber="156">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0FFF3CFF2F2482FEB68F9E" box="[221,317,1680,1701]" italics="true" pageId="156" pageNumber="156">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 269102; female). Scale bars = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="93CF1D8EFF0EFF3DFF682111FF4D8A53" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4545189" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4545189" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4545189/files/figure.png" pageId="157" pageNumber="157" startId="157.[154,192,771,792]" targetBox="[130,1226,215,746]" targetPageId="157">
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0EFF3DFF682111FF4D8A53" blockId="157.[128,1232,770,872]" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">
Fig. 63. Anterior view of the skull and upper dentition of (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0EFF3DFCDD2110FCC98A2C" bold="true" box="[815,834,770,791]" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">A</emphasis>
)
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0EFF3DFCA62111FB858A23" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[852,1038,771,792]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="157" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0EFF3DFCA62111FB858A23" box="[852,1038,771,792]" italics="true" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 269105; female) and (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0EFF3DFEE7210FFEAD8A09" bold="true" box="[277,294,797,818]" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">B</emphasis>
)
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0EFF3DFEC8210CFE498A08" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[314,450,797,819]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="157" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0EFF3DFEC8210CFEDB8A08" box="[314,336,798,819]" italics="true" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0EFF3DFE90210CFE498A08" box="[354,450,798,819]" italics="true" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 269102; female). Note the species difference in shape of the upper incisors, which are spatulate in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0EFF3DFDEC212AFDE78A76" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[542,620,824,845]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="157" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0EFF3DFDEC212AFDE78A76" box="[542,620,824,845]" italics="true" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but taper to pincerlike points in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0EFF3DFC27212AFBBE8A76" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[981,1077,824,845]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="157" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0EFF3DFC27212AFBBE8A76" box="[981,1077,824,845]" italics="true" pageId="157" pageNumber="157">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bars = 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0DFF3EFF8A2725FE388F19" blockId="158.[120,622,1335,1570]" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">
J. E. Hill of the British Museum graciously compared Panamanian
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFF01275DFEDF8C59" box="[243,340,1359,1378]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibenesis</emphasis>
collected during this investigation with the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFE762775FE608C41" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[388,491,1383,1402]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFE762775FE1C8C41" box="[388,407,1383,1402]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFE572775FE608C41" box="[421,491,1383,1402]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and noted no differences in the construction of the upper incisors (personal communication). However, based on variation in the extent of the white basal band in the dorsal fur, features of the basisphenoid pits, breadth of the mesopterygoid canal, and absence of geographically intermediate populations, Hill argued for continued recognition of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFEB5241DFE258F19" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[327,430,1551,1570]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFEB5241DFED18F19" box="[327,346,1551,1570]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFE9A241DFE258F19" box="[360,430,1551,1570]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0DFF3EFF89242BFD598C47" blockId="158.[94,622,1593,1763]" lastBlockId="158.[670,1199,1022,1763]" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">
We compared our material of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFDF2242BFF3E8F55" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFDF2242BFF3E8F55" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFE262445FDE58F55" box="[468,622,1622,1646]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFE262445FE678F55" box="[468,492,1623,1646]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFDF02445FDE58F55" box="[514,622,1623,1646]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 18731) and with 10 additional specimens of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFF292483FECC8F93" box="[219,327,1681,1704]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFF292483FECC8F93" box="[219,327,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Panama (AMNH 18732, 18733, 18738, 31432, 31435, 31436, 63800, 173919, 183864, 183867) and found consistent differences in the same pelage and cranial features mentioned by Hill. The white base of the dorsal fur over the shoulders comprises less than one­fourth of the length of the hair in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFCA12664FC348DB6" box="[851,959,1142,1165]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCA12664FC348DB6" box="[851,959,1142,1165]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but approximately one­half in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFCDF2686FC0F8D90" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[813,900,1172,1195]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCDF2686FC0F8D90" box="[813,900,1172,1195]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The mesopterygoid canal is wider in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFCA226A0FC2C8DF2" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[848,935,1202,1225]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCA226A0FC2C8DF2" box="[848,935,1202,1225]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBFB26A0FBFE8DF2" box="[1033,1141,1202,1225]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBFB26A0FBFE8DF2" box="[1033,1141,1202,1225]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the bony ridge separating the right and left basisphenoid pits is also wider in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBA526FCFB258C3E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[1111,1198,1262,1285]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBA526FCFB258C3E" box="[1111,1198,1262,1285]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFD092719FCEC8C19" box="[763,871,1291,1314]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD092719FCEC8C19" box="[763,871,1291,1314]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. On the basis of these features, we agree with Hill and conclude that
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFD6C2755FC818C65" box="[670,778,1351,1374]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD6C2755FC818C65" box="[670,778,1351,1374]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFCBA2755FC148C65" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[840,927,1351,1374]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCBA2755FC148C65" box="[840,927,1351,1374]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represent distinct species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0DFF3FFD492791FE568BB3" blockId="158.[670,1199,1022,1763]" lastBlockId="159.[128,657,214,1763]" lastPageId="159" lastPageNumber="159" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">
To further check the identity of our material, we examined the holotypes of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBAE27B3FCA78CED" authorityName="J.A.Allen" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bondae">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBAE27B3FCA78CED" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">Molossus bondae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 23661),
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBD227ADFB258CED" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1916" box="[1056,1198,1470,1494]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cherriei">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBD227ADFBB38CED" box="[1056,1080,1471,1494]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBA027ADFB258CED" box="[1106,1198,1471,1494]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">cherriei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 36669),
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFC7927CEFBBF8CC8" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1916" box="[907,1076,1500,1523]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daulensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC7927CEFC288CC8" box="[907,931,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC4C27CEFBBF8CC8" box="[958,1076,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">daulensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 36257),
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFD0D27E8FCFE8F2A" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1913" box="[767,885,1530,1553]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="debilis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD0D27E8FC9C8F2A" box="[767,791,1530,1553]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCD527E8FCFE8F2A" box="[807,885,1530,1553]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">debilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 110935),
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBA127E8FD638F14" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1900" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pygmaeus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBA127E8FBE08F2A" box="[1107,1131,1530,1553]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFB8827E8FD638F14" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">pygmaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 102104), and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBD8240AFB248F14" authorityName="J.A.Allen" authorityYear="1908" box="[1066,1199,1560,1583]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verrilli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBD8240AFBC98F14" box="[1066,1090,1560,1583]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBAC240AFB248F14" box="[1118,1199,1560,1583]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">verrilli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 25764), and reviewed literature accounts for these taxa as well as for
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBBE2446FD4E8FB2" authorityName="Saussure" authorityYear="1860" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aztecus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBBE2446FBEF8F50" box="[1100,1124,1620,1643]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFB872446FD4E8FB2" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">aztecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFD282460FC3D8FB2" box="[730,950,1650,1673]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassicaudatus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD282460FD798FB2" box="[730,754,1650,1673]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCFA2460FC3D8FB2" box="[776,950,1650,1673]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">crassicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFC3E2460FBF18FB2" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1838" box="[972,1146,1650,1673]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Artibeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC3E2460FC6F8FB2" box="[972,996,1650,1673]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC082460FBF18FB2" box="[1018,1146,1650,1673]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFB7C2460FD508F9C" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1913" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fortis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFB7C2460FB2D8FB2" box="[1166,1190,1650,1673]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD6C2482FD508F9C" box="[670,731,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">fortis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFD182482FCD88F9C" box="[746,851,1679,1703]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lambi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD182482FC898F9C" box="[746,770,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCE32482FCD88F9C" box="[785,851,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">lambi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFC932482FBA68F9C" authorityName="Geoffroy" authorityYear="1805" box="[865,1069,1679,1703]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longicaudatus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC932482FCF28F9C" box="[865,889,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC7A2482FBA68F9C" box="[904,1069,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">longicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFBC92482FB2D8F9C" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1868" box="[1083,1190,1679,1703]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Choeroniscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFBC92482FBD88F9C" box="[1083,1107,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFB932482FB2D8F9C" box="[1121,1190,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFD6C24BCFC818FFE" box="[670,778,1710,1733]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD6C24BCFD3D8FFE" box="[670,694,1710,1733]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD3724BCFC818FFE" box="[709,778,1710,1733]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFCE924BCFC268FFE" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[795,941,1710,1733]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCE924BCFCB88FFE" box="[795,819,1710,1733]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFCB024BCFC268FFE" box="[834,941,1710,1733]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFC4F24BCFBC68FFE" baseAuthorityName="Schinz" baseAuthorityYear="1821" box="[957,1101,1710,1733]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Artibeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscurus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC4F24BCFC5E8FFE" box="[957,981,1710,1733]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFC1624BCFBC68FFE" box="[996,1101,1710,1733]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">obscurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0DFF3EFB7C24BCFCD58FD8" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1839" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tropidorhynchus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFB7C24BCFB2D8FFE" box="[1166,1190,1710,1733]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0DFF3EFD6C24DEFCD58FD8" box="[670,862,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="158" pageNumber="158">tropidorhynchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0DFF3EFC8C24DEFBCF8FD8" author="Saussure, H. de" box="[894,1092,1740,1763]" journalOrPublisher="Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris" pageId="158" pageNumber="158" pagination="97 - 110" part="12" refId="ref100061" refString="Saussure, H. de 1860. Note sur quelques mammiferes du Mexique. Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, Ser. 2 (12): 97 - 110." title="Note sur quelques mammiferes du Mexique" type="journal article" year="1860">Saussure, 1860</bibRefCitation>
; Miller, 1900, 1913;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFEDB22C4FE4B89D6" author="Allen" box="[297,448,214,237]" firstAuthor="Allen" journalOrPublisher="Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist." pageId="159" pageNumber="159" pagination="227 - 237" part="20" refId="ref90553" refString="Allen, J. A. 1904. New bats from tropical America, with note on species of Otopterus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20: 227 - 237." title="New bats from tropical America, with note on species of Otopterus" type="journal article" year="1904">Allen, 1904</bibRefCitation>
, 1916; Thomas, 1905a;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFF2822E6FE0A8830" author="Husson, A. M." bookContentInfo="282 pp." box="[218,385,244,267]" journalOrPublisher="Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" refId="ref95767" refString="Husson, A. M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52: 282 pp. 1 30 pls." title="The bats of Suriname" type="book" year="1962">Husson, 1962</bibRefCitation>
, 1978;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFE2D22E6FD078830" author="Gardner, A. L." bookContentInfo="5 pp." box="[479,652,244,267]" journalOrPublisher="Los Angeles Cty. Mus. Contrib. Sci. 111" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" refId="ref93238" refString="Gardner, A. L. 1966. A new subspecies of the Aztec mastiff bat, Molossus aztecus Saussure, from southern Mexico. Los Angeles Cty. Mus. Contrib. Sci. 111: 5 pp." title="A new subspecies of the Aztec mastiff bat, Molossus aztecus Saussure, from southern Mexico" type="book" year="1966">Gardner, 1966</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFF722303FE278813" author="Carter, D. C. &amp; P. G. Dolan" bookContentInfo="136 pp." box="[128,428,273,296]" journalOrPublisher="Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" refId="ref92052" refString="Carter, D. C., and P. G. Dolan 1978. Catalogue of type specimens of Neotropical bats in selected European museums. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 15: 136 pp." title="Catalogue of type specimens of Neotropical bats in selected European museums" type="book" year="1978">Carter and Dolan, 1978</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFE4D2303FF36887E" author="Genoways, H. H. &amp; R. C. Dowler &amp; C. H. Carter" journalOrPublisher="Ann. Carnegie Mus." pageId="159" pageNumber="159" pagination="475 - 492" part="50" refId="ref93725" refString="Genoways, H. H., R. C. Dowler, and C. H. Carter 1981. Intraisland and interisland variation in Antillean populations of Molossus molossus (Mammalia: Molossidae). Ann. Carnegie Mus. 50: 475 - 492." title="Intraisland and interisland variation in Antillean populations of Molossus molossus (Mammalia: Molossidae)" type="journal article" year="1981">Genoways et al., 1981</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFF26233CFEF8887E" author="Dolan, P. G." bookContentInfo="71 pp." box="[212,371,302,325]" journalOrPublisher="Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" refId="ref92751" refString="Dolan, P. G. 1989. Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 29: 71 pp." title="Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus" type="book" year="1989">Dolan, 1989</bibRefCitation>
; Brosset and Charles­ Dominique, 1990). The taxonomic history of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFF72237BFE9E88BB" authorityName=", Brosset and Charles-Dominique" authorityYear="1990" box="[128,277,361,384]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF72237BFF1388BB" box="[128,152,361,384]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF58237BFE9E88BB" box="[170,277,361,384]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is complex, and we did not attempt to address the many problems of synonymy that remain unresolved (see summaries in
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFF2323D3FEF588E3" author="Husson, A. M." bookContentInfo="282 pp." box="[209,382,449,472]" journalOrPublisher="Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" refId="ref95767" refString="Husson, A. M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. (Leiden) 52: 282 pp. 1 30 pls." title="The bats of Suriname" type="book" year="1962">Husson [1962]</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFE4B23D3FDD188E3" author="Dolan, P. G." bookContentInfo="71 pp." box="[441,602,449,472]" journalOrPublisher="Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" refId="ref92751" refString="Dolan, P. G. 1989. Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 29: 71 pp." title="Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus" type="book" year="1989">Dolan [1989]</bibRefCitation>
). Instead, we followed
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0CFF3FFE8623CCFD9E88CE" author="Dolan, P. G." bookContentInfo="71 pp." box="[372,533,478,501]" journalOrPublisher="Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" refId="ref92751" refString="Dolan, P. G. 1989. Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 29: 71 pp." title="Systematics of Middle American mastiff bats of the genus Molossus" type="book" year="1989">Dolan (1989)</bibRefCitation>
in recognizing the following as synonyms of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFF72200BFEEF8B0B" authority="molossus" box="[128,356,537,560]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF72200BFEEF8B0B" box="[128,356,537,560]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">Molossus molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFE85200BFDAE8B0B" box="[375,549,537,560]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassicaudatus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE85200BFDAE8B0B" box="[375,549,537,560]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">crassicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFDC5200BFF148B75" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daulensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFDC5200BFF148B75" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">daulensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFF5C2025FF778B75" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1913" box="[174,252,567,590]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="debilis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF5C2025FF778B75" box="[174,252,567,590]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">debilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFEF92025FEC38B75" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1913" box="[267,328,567,590]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fortis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEF92025FEC38B75" box="[267,328,567,590]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">fortis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFEA52025FE5C8B75" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1838" box="[343,471,567,590]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Artibeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEA52025FE5C8B75" box="[343,471,567,590]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE172025FD018B75" box="[485,650,567,590]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">longicuadatus</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFF722046FF468B50" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1914" box="[128,205,596,619]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF722046FF468B50" box="[128,205,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFF112046FEA38B50" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1868" box="[227,296,596,619]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Choeroniscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF112046FEA38B50" box="[227,296,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFECF2046FE098B50" box="[317,386,596,619]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFECF2046FE098B50" box="[317,386,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFE652046FD8B8B50" baseAuthorityName="Schinz" baseAuthorityYear="1821" box="[407,512,596,619]" class="Mammalia" family="Phyllostomidae" genus="Artibeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscurus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE652046FD8B8B50" box="[407,512,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">obscurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFDE72046FD028B50" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1900" box="[533,649,596,619]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pygmaeus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFDE72046FD028B50" box="[533,649,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">pygmaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFF722063FECB8BB3" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1839" box="[128,320,625,648]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tropidorhynchus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF722063FECB8BB3" box="[128,320,625,648]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">tropidorhynchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFE772063FE5D8BB3" authorityName="J.A.Allen" authorityYear="1908" box="[389,470,625,648]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verrilli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE772063FE5D8BB3" box="[389,470,625,648]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">verrilli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0CFF3FFF6F209CFE028FB0" blockId="159.[128,657,214,1763]" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">
Morphological features distinguishing
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFD92209DFEA18BF8" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFD92209DFEA18BF8" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from all named forms of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFD8320BEFF798BDB" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFD8320BEFD028BF8" box="[625,649,684,707]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF7220DBFF798BDB" box="[128,242,713,736]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
include the differences in fur length, extent of banding of the dorsal fur, and incisor morphology mentioned earlier; differences in external and craniodental measurements likewise separate these species where they occur sympatrically (see summary above).
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFED1216BFE648AAB" authorityName="J.A.Allen" authorityYear="1904" box="[291,495,889,912]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bondae">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFED1216BFE648AAB" box="[291,495,889,912]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">Molossus bondae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFD83216BFF678A95" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFD83216BFD028AAB" box="[625,649,889,912]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF722185FF678A95" box="[128,236,919,942]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0CFF3FFEDA2185FE238A95" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[296,424,918,942]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="159" pageNumber="159" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesi">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEDA2185FECB8A95" box="[296,320,919,942]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEA32185FE238A95" box="[337,424,919,942]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">barnesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in length and color of the fur, general shape of the skull, and incisor morphology; however,
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE1521C3FDB68AD3" box="[487,573,977,1000]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">bondae</emphasis>
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differs from both
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF0F21FDFEDF8D3D" box="[253,340,1007,1030]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">barnesi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE6221FDFE778D3D" box="[400,508,1007,1030]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">coibensis</emphasis>
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by its larger size and unicolored dorsal fur (
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). The affinities of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEBD263BFEEC8D7B" box="[335,359,1065,1088]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE89263BFE5C8D7B" box="[379,471,1065,1088]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">cherriei</emphasis>
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are difficult to assess since the skull of the holotype is missing, but we agree with Dolans observation that forearm length, pelage length and coloration, and presence of a minute white band at the base of the hairs suggest that
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFDC726AEFD1A8DE8" box="[565,657,1212,1235]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">cherriei</emphasis>
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is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE5626CBFD9B8DCB" box="[420,528,1241,1264]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFDD126CBFF5D8C35" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">Molossus aztecus</emphasis>
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from northern Central America apparently represents a distinct species distinguished from
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEDA2723FEF48C73" box="[296,383,1329,1352]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">barnesi</emphasis>
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by larger size in most dimensions and by having shorter white bases on the dorsal hairs (for a summary of characters of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFED6279BFEF18C9B" box="[292,378,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">aztecus</emphasis>
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see
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). The status of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF1E27B5FE8F8C85" box="[236,260,1447,1470]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEE627B5FEDD8C85" box="[276,342,1447,1470]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">lambi</emphasis>
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is more difficult to assess. Originally named by
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as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFEDA27F3FEF58CC3" box="[296,382,1505,1528]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">aztecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE7D27F3FE5A8CC3" box="[399,465,1505,1528]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">lambi</emphasis>
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was recognized as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFE5B27EDFD9E8F2D" box="[425,533,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">coibensis</emphasis>
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by
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based on pelage similiarity and measurement data. We tentatively agree with Dolans assessment although we have not seen the holotype of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFECD2466FE0A8FB0" box="[319,385,1652,1675]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">lambi</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0CFF3FFF6F2483FD1A8FD8" blockId="159.[128,657,214,1763]" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">
FIELD OBSERVATIONS: Both of our specimens of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0CFF3FFF1E24BDFE378FFD" box="[236,444,1711,1734]" italics="true" pageId="159" pageNumber="159">Molossus barnesi</emphasis>
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were captured in ground­level mistnets over roadside puddles.
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