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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FD3E26BFFCC38DFF" box="[716,840,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">Molossops</emphasis>
(
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)
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(Thomas)
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,
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VOUCHER MATERIAL:
<materialsCitation id="77D8475BFF06FF35FC0926E4FB3F8C10" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3037467372" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">1 male (AMNH *267535); see table 62 for measurements.</materialsCitation>
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IDENTIFICATION:
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FC6C2723FB0E8C73" box="[926,1157,1329,1352]" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
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, originally described as
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FC35275DFC948CB8" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">Molossus planirostris paranus</emphasis>
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by Thomas (1901b), continues to be recognized as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF06FF35FBA6279BFCC38C85" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planirostris">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FBA6279BFCC38C85" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">Molossops planirostris</emphasis>
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by authors (e.g,
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF06FF35FBFF27B4FB478C86" author="Koopman, K. F." bookContentInfo="33 pp." box="[1037,1228,1446,1469]" journalOrPublisher="Am. Mus. Novitates 2651" pageId="149" pageNumber="149" refId="ref96596" refString="Koopman, K. F. 1978. Zoogeography of Peruvian bats with special emphasis on the role of the Andes. Am. Mus. Novitates 2651: 33 pp." title="Zoogeography of Peruvian bats with special emphasis on the role of the Andes" type="book" year="1978">Koopman, 1978</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF06FF35FD3227D6FD768CE0" author="Koopman, K. F." box="[704,765,1476,1499]" editor="D. E. Wilson &amp; D. M. Reeder" journalOrPublisher="Washington, DC: Smithson. Inst. Press" pageId="149" pageNumber="149" refId="ref96667" refString="1993. Order Chiroptera. In D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds.), Mammal species of the World, a taxonomic and geographic reference, 2 nd ed.: 137 - 241. Washington, DC: Smithson. Inst. Press." title="Order Chiroptera" type="book" volumeTitle="Mammal species of the World, a taxonomic and geographic reference, 2 nd" year="1993">1993</bibRefCitation>
, 1994). Although Handley (1976) reported specimens identified as
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FBA627F3FC948F2D" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF06FF35FCC027EDFC6D8F2D" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[818,998,1534,1558]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planirostris">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FCC027EDFCC18F2D" box="[818,842,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FCAC27EDFC6D8F2D" box="[862,998,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">planirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF06FF35FBDC27EDFB5B8F2D" baseAuthorityName="Goodwin" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[1070,1232,1534,1558]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="greenhalli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FBDC27EDFBCD8F2D" box="[1070,1094,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FBAB27EDFB5B8F2D" box="[1113,1232,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">greenhalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Venezuelan state of Bolívar, he did not comment on the criteria he used to distinguish these taxa. Partial diagnoses and descriptions of the species and subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF06FF35FD322483FCB08F93" box="[704,827,1681,1704]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cynomops">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF06FF35FD322483FCB08F93" box="[704,827,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="149" pageNumber="149">Cynomops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occur throughout the literature, but significant inconsistencies exist among published accounts. Conflicting descriptions of ventral coloration, presence or absence of white hair bases, and degree of development of hair patches on the wings make unambiguous identification difficult. To address this problem, we consulted original taxonomic descriptions, literature accounts of additional material, and examined representative specimens of all of the smaller species to develop working diagnoses for identification.
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The specimens we examined in addition to those from Paracou are:
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF05FF36FC9E2767FBCD8CB3" box="[876,1094,1397,1416]" italics="true" pageId="150" pageNumber="150">Molossops greenhalli</emphasis>
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(Mexico: USNM 511543, 523453; Panama: USNM 310264 310268, 310270310275, 368108, 396481, 449875; Venezuela: USNM 387745, 517509; Trinidad: AMNH 175326 [holotype], 176285, 207071);
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF05FF36FBE527CDFD418F36" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="150" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF05FF36FBE527CDFD418F36" italics="true" pageId="150" pageNumber="150">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Panama: AMNH 183868, USNM 317627; Colombia: ROM 41479; Venezuela: USNM 387744; Guyana: ROM 32426, 5733757338, 57375; Brazil: AMNH 7974479745);
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF05FF36FCB92458FBB08F66" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[843,1083,1610,1629]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="150" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planirostris">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF05FF36FCB92458FBB08F66" box="[843,1083,1610,1629]" italics="true" pageId="150" pageNumber="150">Molossops planirostris</emphasis>
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(Panama: AMNH 183161, 183863; Venezuela: AMNH 17096 17097; Brazil: AMNH 3704337049, 3705037052, 79725, 79727, 79731, 79733, 9387993886, 92971, 9275392755, 9463094653, 236221; Paraguay: 234455234459)
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Fig. 59. Dorsal (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF04FF37FEA92458FEE58F64" bold="true" box="[347,366,1610,1631]" pageId="151" pageNumber="151">A</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF04FF37FDF62458FD9E8F64" bold="true" box="[516,533,1610,1631]" pageId="151" pageNumber="151">B</emphasis>
) views of the skull of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF04FF37FCF72459FC598F5B" box="[773,978,1611,1632]" italics="true" pageId="151" pageNumber="151">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
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(AMNH 267535; male) from Paracou. Dorsal (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF04FF37FE852477FE018F41" bold="true" box="[375,394,1637,1658]" pageId="151" pageNumber="151">C</emphasis>
) and ventral (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF04FF37FDD72477FDB38F41" bold="true" box="[549,568,1637,1658]" pageId="151" pageNumber="151">D</emphasis>
) views of the skull of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF04FF37FC2C2474FC7F8F40" box="[990,1012,1638,1659]" italics="true" pageId="151" pageNumber="151">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF04FF37FBF12474FBE58F40" box="[1027,1134,1638,1659]" italics="true" pageId="151" pageNumber="151">greenhalli</emphasis>
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(AMNH 175326; male) from Trinidad. Note species differences in size and cranial proportions. Scale bars = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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Fig. 60. Lateral views of the skull and lower jaw of (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0BFF38FD4C27EAFD5A8F36" bold="true" box="[702,721,1528,1549]" pageId="152" pageNumber="152">A</emphasis>
)
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0BFF38FD1327EAFC258F36" box="[737,942,1528,1549]" italics="true" pageId="152" pageNumber="152">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
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(AMNH 267535; male) and (
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0BFF38FF672400FF2D8F1C" bold="true" box="[149,166,1554,1575]" pageId="152" pageNumber="152">B</emphasis>
) the holotype
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0BFF38FEB72401FED08F13" box="[325,347,1555,1576]" italics="true" pageId="152" pageNumber="152">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0BFF38FE992401FE5D8F13" box="[363,470,1555,1576]" italics="true" pageId="152" pageNumber="152">greenhalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(AMNH 175326; male). Scale bars = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0AFF39FF6F22C5FD1A8B0B" blockId="153.[128,657,214,1763]" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FF6F22C5FE0C89D5" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[157,391,215,238]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF6F22C5FE0C89D5" box="[157,391,215,238]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished unambiguously from other members of the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FF042303FEFA8813" box="[246,369,273,296]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cynomops">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF042303FEFA8813" box="[246,369,273,296]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Cynomops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by external and craniodental traits summarized in table 60.
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FDCC233DFE908858" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDCC233DFE908858" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FE4B235EFDB78858" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1827" box="[441,572,332,355]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abrasus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE4B235EFE5A8858" box="[441,465,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE12235EFDB78858" box="[480,572,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">abrasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in size and dorsal fur pattern, and it differs from
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FD83237BFF7C88A5" baseAuthorityName="Goodwin" baseAuthorityYear="1958" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="greenhalli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FD83237BFD0288BB" box="[625,649,361,384]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF722395FF7C88A5" box="[128,247,391,414]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">greenhalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the development of fur patches on the forearm and wing membranes and in many skull dimensions. Finally,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FDF523D3FD1B88E3" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[519,656,449,472]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDF523D3FD9488E3" box="[519,543,449,472]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDC323D3FD1B88E3" box="[561,656,449,472]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FEE823CDFE4788CD" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[282,460,478,502]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planirostris">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FEE823CDFEB988CD" box="[282,306,479,502]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FEB623CDFE4788CD" box="[324,460,479,502]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">planirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in coloration of the ventral fur and in the development of fur patches on the forearm and wing membranes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0AFF39FF6F2024FE5E8C36" blockId="153.[128,657,214,1763]" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">
Another named
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FEAF2024FE408B76" box="[349,459,566,589]" form="that" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" rank="form">form that</taxonomicName>
requires consideration is
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FF092046FDB28B50" authority="Osgood" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1914" box="[251,569,596,619]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF092046FE5A8B50" box="[251,465,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops milleri</emphasis>
Osgood
</taxonomicName>
, which was based on a single female with a dark venter collected in Peru.
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0AFF39FE58209CFDD08B9E" author="Osgood, W. H." box="[426,603,654,677]" journalOrPublisher="Field Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool. Ser.)" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" pagination="143 - 185" part="10" refId="ref98810" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1914. Mammals of an expedition across northern Peru. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool. Ser.) 10: 143 - 185." title="Mammals of an expedition across northern Peru" type="journal article" year="1914">Osgood (1914)</bibRefCitation>
distinguished
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FEF120BEFEDA8BF8" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1914" box="[259,337,684,707]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FEF120BEFEDA8BF8" box="[259,337,684,707]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FE6920BEFE718BF8" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[411,506,684,707]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE6920BEFE718BF8" box="[411,506,684,707]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the basis of size; however, the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FDE220DBFDD58BDB" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1914" box="[528,606,713,736]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDE220DBFDD58BDB" box="[528,606,713,736]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a female and that of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FEAD20F5FE358BC5" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[351,446,743,766]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FEAD20F5FE358BC5" box="[351,446,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
a male, so sexual dimorphism could be an alternative explanation. This hypothesis seems supported by our examination of a small series of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FDC4212DFF3C8A48" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDC4212DFDC58A6D" box="[566,590,831,854]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDAC212DFF3C8A48" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected at one locality in Guyana by Brock Fenton and his students in 1970. These specimens appear identical in terms of pelage color, development of fur patches on the wings, and other qualitative features. However, the single female (ROM 57337) is much smaller than the two males (ROM 57338, 57375). Measurements of the Guyanan female correspond closely to those of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FEB92676FE128D40" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1914" box="[331,409,1124,1147]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FEB92676FE128D40" box="[331,409,1124,1147]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while those of the Guyanan males are very similar to those of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FEA3268DFE3B8D8D" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[337,432,1183,1206]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FEA3268DFE3B8D8D" box="[337,432,1183,1206]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Accordingly, we conclude that
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FEDE26AEFEF18DE8" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1914" box="[300,378,1212,1235]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FEDE26AEFEF18DE8" box="[300,378,1212,1235]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FE4926AEFD918DE8" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[443,538,1212,1235]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE4926AEFD918DE8" box="[443,538,1212,1235]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represent a single species for which the oldest name is
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FF7226E5FE5E8C36" authority="Thomas." box="[128,469,1270,1294]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF7226E5FEEE8C35" box="[128,357,1271,1294]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
Thomas.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0AFF39FF6F2706FF7D8F93" blockId="153.[128,657,214,1763]" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">
Our Paracou specimen agrees closely with Thomass (1901b) original description of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FF72275DFEEE8C5D" box="[128,357,1359,1382]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF72275DFEEE8C5D" box="[128,357,1359,1382]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and clearly differs from the original descriptions of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FE29277EFEB98C9B" authority="(Peters, 1865 b)" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planirostris">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE29277EFE788CB8" box="[475,499,1388,1411]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDFB277EFD1A8CB8" box="[521,657,1388,1411]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">planirostris</emphasis>
(Peters, 1865b)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FE9F279BFF438C86" authority="(Goodwin, 1958)" baseAuthorityName="Goodwin" baseAuthorityYear="1958" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="greenhalli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE9F279BFE0E8C9B" box="[365,389,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE66279BFD808C9B" box="[404,523,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">greenhalli</emphasis>
(Goodwin, 1958)
</taxonomicName>
. Two females (CM 64378, 64379) from Grassalco, Surinam, referred to
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FD8327D6FE8A8CC3" baseAuthorityName="Goodwin" baseAuthorityYear="1958" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="greenhalli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FD8327D6FD028CE0" box="[625,649,1476,1499]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF7227F3FE8A8CC3" box="[128,257,1505,1528]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">greenhalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0AFF39FEBB27F3FF588F2E" author="Williams, S. L. &amp; H. H. Genoways" journalOrPublisher="Ann. Carnegie Mus." pageId="153" pageNumber="153" pagination="213 - 236" part="49" refId="ref102406" refString="Williams, S. L., and H. H. Genoways 1980 a. Results of the Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. II. Additional records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Suriname. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 49: 213 - 236." title="Results of the Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. II. Additional records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Suriname" type="journal article" year="1980">Williams and Genoways (1980a</bibRefCitation>
, 1980b) and another (AMNH 79745) from near Manaus, Brazil, referred to
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FD83240EFE9F8F6B" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planirostris">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FD83240EFD028F08" box="[625,649,1564,1587]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FF72242BFE9F8F6B" box="[128,276,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">planirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Williams and Genoways (1980b) appear to represent
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FE0F2445FD1B8F55" box="[509,656,1622,1646]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE0F2445FD9E8F55" box="[509,533,1623,1646]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FDC32445FD1B8F55" box="[561,656,1623,1646]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on ventral coloration and cranial dimensions.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0AFF39FF6F24BCFC038A20" blockId="153.[128,657,214,1763]" lastBlockId="153.[704,1233,214,1587]" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">
Although our Paracou specimen represents the first report of
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FE9024DEFDC08FD8" box="[354,587,1740,1763]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FE9024DEFDC08FD8" box="[354,587,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from French Guiana, it may not be the first time that this species has been collected there.
<bibRefCitation id="A32130F7FF0AFF39FD322303FB5B8813" author="Brosset, A. &amp; P. Charles-Dominique" box="[704,1232,273,296]" journalOrPublisher="Mammalia" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" 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: 544)</bibRefCitation>
described a peculiarly dimorphic series of male
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FCF8235EFC0D8858" box="[778,902,332,355]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FCF8235EFC0D8858" box="[778,902,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected at one locality, noting that when considered separately, the larger and smaller specimens could be classified at first glance as different species. Despite striking differences in cranial morphology and body weight that permitted subdivision of the series into type A and type B groups, Brosset and Charles­Dominique identified all seven individuals as
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FB432025FCBC8B50" baseAuthorityName="Goodwin" baseAuthorityYear="1958" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="greenhalli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FB432025FB428B75" box="[1201,1225,567,590]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FD322046FCBC8B50" box="[704,823,596,619]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">greenhalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This was justified as follows: We place in the same taxonomic unity these dissimilar specimens because in both types, the color of the fur, the shape of the ears, tragus, antitragus, tail, wings, the length of the tooth­rows, the shape and size of the molars are similar.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C70F4D06FF0AFF39FD2F2133FD7B8CE0" blockId="153.[704,1233,214,1587]" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">
We are unaware of any consistent differences among
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FC97212DFBE88A6D" baseAuthorityName="Goodwin" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[869,1123,831,854]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="greenhalli">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FC97212DFBE88A6D" box="[869,1123,831,854]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops greenhalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FB87212DFD7C8A48" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranus">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FB87212DFB068A6D" box="[1141,1165,831,854]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FB6C212DFD7C8A48" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FCB5214EFC758A48" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[839,1022,860,883]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planirostris">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FCB5214EFCD48A48" box="[839,863,860,883]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FC84214EFC758A48" box="[886,1022,860,883]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">planirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in shape of the ears, tragus, antitragus, tail, wings, length of the toothrows, or shape or size of the molars, and conclude that these features are not useful for distinguishing the smaller species of the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="00B03685FF0AFF39FC9F21FDFC638D3D" box="[877,1000,1007,1030]" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="153" pageNumber="153" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cynomops">
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FC9F21FDFC638D3D" box="[877,1000,1007,1030]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Cynomops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The cranial characters that
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FCCD261EFCED8D18" box="[831,870,1036,1059]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">are</emphasis>
useful for distinguishing some species involve dimensions of the skull other than those of the dentition (tables 60, 61). Our examination of Brosset and Charles­ Dominiques (1990) illustrations and measurements suggest that the smaller form (type A) probably represents
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FBB226AEFBD38DE8" box="[1088,1112,1212,1235]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FB9826AEFB428DE8" box="[1130,1225,1212,1235]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">paranus</emphasis>
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, while the larger form (type B) probably represents
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FCB026E5FCD18C35" box="[834,858,1271,1294]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FC9C26E5FC6E8C35" box="[878,997,1271,1294]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">greenhalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A specimen identified as
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FCD62706FBBA8C10" box="[804,1073,1300,1323]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops planirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was also collected (op. cit.) at the same locality, so more detailed comparisons of this material, which is remarkably extensive for a single­locality sample of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FCC9279BFC3D8C9B" box="[827,950,1417,1440]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Cynomops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, may be particularly informative about species limits in the subgenus.
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FIELD OBSERVATIONS: Our single specimen of
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<emphasis id="F5C49114FF0AFF39FD1027EDFC4C8F2D" box="[738,967,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="153" pageNumber="153">Molossops paranus</emphasis>
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was caught in a mistnet
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above a narrow dirt road.
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