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,
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, preserved as skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="9C8D229C3654E7386AE1ADC720461810" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Lateral view of skull and mandible (A), and frontal (B), ventral (C) and dorsal (E) views of the skull of the holotype of Molossus paranaensis (MF-ZV-M 1494). Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e122822.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1063132">5</figureCitation>
), collected on
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<collectingDate id="EC456ABF8399E432E4EA94E9C40A230E" value="2018-01-20">20 January 2018</collectingDate>
</date>
by
<collectorName id="727250017D3099B345E82C69FD4BC61E">M. E. Montani</collectorName>
(
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETDBG" xlink_title="M. E. Montani">MEM</abbrev>
) and
<collectorName id="E008AD93E276C9271EDE8A54D829FFE2">V. Colombo</collectorName>
(field number
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXDBG" xlink_title="M. E. Montani">MEM</abbrev>
237
</specimenCode>
). External and craniodental measurements for the type series are presented in Table
<tableCitation id="D61815267D10281C8B80EBAA2B294AAA" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. External and cranial measurements of the type series of Molossus paranaensis sp. nov. For descriptions of the abbreviations of measurements see “ Methods ”." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/03EF1A9D3265EBC5D0B43E62852718A4" tableUuid="03EF1A9D3265EBC5D0B43E62852718A4">1</tableCitation>
. —
<emphasis id="8348C1A214FE2CF8A44B7D4912031680" italics="true">Type locality</emphasis>
. Sociedad Rural “
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”,
<collectingMunicipality id="C0D9634E7050196B868894189DBE2BE1">Esperanza</collectingMunicipality>
,
<collectingRegion id="20A5177BF4A29B540A5C10946AEFC278" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="A63246217C974140C7FE0D61D86128FF" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat.
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, long.
<geoCoordinate id="7B09025E02E47B604159DF337EA76A65" direction="west" orientation="longitude" value="-60.9912"> 60.9912</geoCoordinate>
,
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<elevation id="69F2E8743B104D4B5E3A27A22A1DBA14" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4" unit="m" value="44.0">44 m</elevation>
</quantity>
). This is a rural area in the Espinal ecoregion (sensu
<bibRefCitation id="9230DB0CB557F97EC0D734B3BAE43A8D" DOI="10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" author="Olson" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Olson" refId="B39" refString="Olson DM, Dinerstein E, Wikramanayake ED, Burgess ND, Powell GVN, Underwood EC, Damico JA, Itoua I, Strand HE, Morrison JC, Loucks CJ, Allnutt TF, Ricketts TH, Kura Y, Lamoreux JF, Wettengel WW, Hedao P, Kassem KR (2001) Terrestrial ecoregions of the World: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51: 933938. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568 (2001) 051 [0933: TEOTWA] 2.0. CO; 2" year="2001">Olson et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
) where the natural vegetation has been highly transformed in farmlands and there is very little tree vegetation.
<collectedFrom id="A63523235776ACAC7281A431BF64E792">
At the site, there are native tree species such as
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<emphasis id="F788026BA554378E8A8E428AB67C84AB" italics="true">Tipuana tipu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="2477BFF3C39D0CE285D0A26CBF3C9FB9" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
) as well as exotic species like
<taxonomicName id="AD4B757C224BDE3095D21C3D91BBC219" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eucalyptus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="DC5225D5CC5E1EA42E951A6CFF24FB94" italics="true">Eucalyptus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="671B2D0C5F05D731A09FCF39AC07DCB6" class="Magnoliopsida" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="order">Myrtales</taxonomicName>
) and
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<emphasis id="9F4E7AF0C2361C025C3DA509AA32AA81" italics="true">Fraxinus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="55808B98C829BFE2F4C86A56560F9008" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Oleaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Oleaceae</taxonomicName>
)
</collectedFrom>
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. Nine kilometers northeast of this site lies the Martín de la Peña Natural Reserve, characterized by its native vegetation.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="92DDFDB35CED3D6509A832057D7CD10A">
<label id="BC8AC9BCA01E89C428076D815FA29F6F">Table 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C0561C7CF0D38FF74F6DABDE35F7A6AF">
External and cranial measurements of the type series of
<taxonomicName id="611051484811C9AA1B1833678AE1E3E4" authority="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo, 2024" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="DD12D699FE5320837349A919A5646AD9" italics="true">Molossus paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="EAF8D3EE66617077F83400F87C43DB75" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5FED8E2C6562A5E47E151D385DA63D93" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
For descriptions of the abbreviations of measurements see “ Methods ”.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="6104EBEC51F30CEE402D38A66B31E256">
<table id="TID0EURAI" rules="all">
<tbody id="6BCF9536A5C63067334F85A77346FE17">
<emphasis id="FA24BDE9AAC3A386DC14DE1166C2D1C5" bold="true">
<tr id="D31F9C118600A83C4F0C3702B7B9000A">
<td id="8EDD0A14907CAA13476B2F34E8EAB75F" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="2">-</td>
<td id="A1A1C15FEC0376EFEEDF43F7DB19BD51" colspan="1" rowspan="2">
Holotype
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETGBG" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Florentino Ameghino”">MFA-ZV-M</abbrev>
1494
</td>
<td id="C7D9854BD9CBEC2524579DC3E7D82F06" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="47A52EC1F4D7EDB1F75F5AE58FB9721F" colspan="9" rowspan="1">Paratypes</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D168390FC6185F028C460B5B0C2646FF">
<td id="D10E288D84FA624F5007E501AF2F62D3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHHBG" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">INALI-A</abbrev>
389
</td>
<td id="0E4263B7128D22E15976C424A221BCD0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERHBG" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">INALI-A</abbrev>
390
</td>
<td id="423FFDE99D325AB83C1BCA60D93AFC3E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2HBG" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">INALI-A</abbrev>
457
</td>
<td id="68783AA5715B973F63E459E1E7D39C02" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFIBG" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">INALI-A</abbrev>
588
</td>
<td id="169D66CAF433AE5A489F6EF67A4A91BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPIBG" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">INALI-A</abbrev>
589
</td>
<td id="F67556C5B489E3F6524CBAD1632AF84E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZIBG" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Florentino Ameghino”">MFA-ZV-M</abbrev>
1414
</td>
<td id="07F8373D994B5385ECD8AE5117D3BED1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDJBG" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo”">MG-ZV-M</abbrev>
176
</td>
<td id="91C13E162D3CD1FF8FA95B1D49CFBD4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENJBG" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo”">MG-ZV-M</abbrev>
208
</td>
<td id="143FDDFC64D8E5EE0D7AE77405F77ADB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXJBG" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”">MACN-Ma</abbrev>
30420
</td>
<td id="70342B0848A920483D8FEAB128D4EE73" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECKBG" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”">MACN-Ma</abbrev>
30878
</td>
</tr>
</emphasis>
<tr id="AD92D6A149B5CFB5ED93BA57A12350CD">
<td id="E631E05531B22079F1402F392E121D3B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sex</td>
<td id="8A29EA9D22D27988912A333EDFD1DB1B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">male</td>
<td id="B643D9F2481DE66B542487757FC1AE56" colspan="1" rowspan="1">female</td>
<td id="25C716033D02A601981FE75E1FEA7A31" colspan="1" rowspan="1">female</td>
<td id="EBAE7645B4836D3C1937E18B373EDE12" colspan="1" rowspan="1">female</td>
<td id="72317C8CAE32473126395CE98E4EC816" colspan="1" rowspan="1">male</td>
<td id="345631EE36BF2F3095D058FF6ED2FCEA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">male</td>
<td id="CE86529665BF9A47102930750FD668D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">male</td>
<td id="6CC25EDC9CD1BE04277D1F6DFAC1D426" colspan="1" rowspan="1">female</td>
<td id="DAA6E07371985132C12D049AB5FE300C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">female</td>
<td id="5825AD4E81EF57C955175598E0409028" colspan="1" rowspan="1">male</td>
<td id="A40551733AB834C4EB34CE3F9DB136CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">male</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6DEB6BA235AC59DE8E2D92C30E4F1896">
<td id="FCF70431B8756A34C7830C7DC610E3DE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETLBG" xlink_title="total length">ToL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="F5307E017093C3DBC74EC4CBFAEAB105" colspan="1" rowspan="1">107.5</td>
<td id="E1D0FE1F17F017CA68DE1B889C906B8F" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="6473D026EAC6EAE0C373EC8E8BA4B5AA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">99</td>
<td id="A9F41A79A5547C7CD9888B1FB99A276E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">98</td>
<td id="32BBCDFB84816780173374EB7D6DE710" colspan="1" rowspan="1">115</td>
<td id="F5D118ABD9D3FFC8DF6DC25C2778272F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">100</td>
<td id="59D6D2F25B6DD66697C9A3A9EBFAB533" colspan="1" rowspan="1">92</td>
<td id="00024BA83BE3472E37640A28C2748872" colspan="1" rowspan="1">109.14</td>
<td id="D99EC7C2BC2A16F16A4220777D389091" colspan="1" rowspan="1">103</td>
<td id="F4846692858F2AEE85AFA812B6AF535F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">90.3</td>
<td id="ACDC2F5EEE84C89B5EB6F5A986703B2B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">112.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="471A28B446A4DE7930F025212146F3C3">
<td id="72BFA453B539EF77458C2C95FFF07BFB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4MBG" xlink_title="tail length">TL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="0ABF73641E4244CF037FB208BC3B423F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">40.5</td>
<td id="7BA79BA27E0B87387338025196BE9E1A" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="2C1DD1AFFD2C8F59B0369E5A49502D09" colspan="1" rowspan="1">39</td>
<td id="69F5EB9141CDA77273ADCC7E1C675A60" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="D5B0F7B8C3467E25FB79DB10AB0FD948" colspan="1" rowspan="1">38</td>
<td id="CF2E0B7C9BEC404E73164329C73525A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">33</td>
<td id="E0ADFEB85D2F807F15AE8781CED6C3A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35</td>
<td id="01EC628FDA7B2ED79E1A042AB4E432EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35.4</td>
<td id="F225A5BDF9C7D201220501189AB5A668" colspan="1" rowspan="1">37</td>
<td id="0D5836BB7E3DD32E6EF3ABE567B42DB6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29.5</td>
<td id="46DABFBD2DBFA3342BF544164A6EDD84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">37.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="064037AB1988CA4A105FB3811855E90C">
<td id="D7211EF59F5D4EB94C199607DB0F3608" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHOBG" xlink_title="hindfoot length">HFL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="638AF65D5905E0967C8193533C532105" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td id="CFEC7898D02161946073F3E3B9EC6563" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="B4FC721B9FE7572ECF94F0BAEC22253D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.5</td>
<td id="258DA1C2F606DDABDCE123B86F7BFC3F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.5</td>
<td id="5C4D4BD82386466266D8BA1EBA7593BD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.5</td>
<td id="DB09122664CC253078BD37F787341D01" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.2</td>
<td id="AE943ED3D853643684063952363103D7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.2</td>
<td id="50E995636703CC131381BCF0751B56EB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.73</td>
<td id="8C64C00F649DAF026C4802182CB20B10" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="24FA28B512DF2771D2BC44B7E4E1D6E1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.7</td>
<td id="68DC171DCFEE55F8F73A565B4209EB5F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EE3F0DCC7F1FE47840A39335AE753CD9">
<td id="CB18C7F82F90F95684A8441C22CB231B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERPBG" xlink_title="ear length">EL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="49AD7B9EF997AB340049BBBD862A84FF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14.5</td>
<td id="6390CBD0FA10F38090F72774CEAF5B4A" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="D9F95B3C21A4BBE2FC6B897A003C8326" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td id="05D63FDA1758C8F9AD547517762C8BDE" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="39662E1900AB69E716087248BEBCA89C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td id="8D47D5187D0180F26AC599AA9421FC86" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.8</td>
<td id="6F21DD7E137BCE34C17DD49A853E8C90" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.3</td>
<td id="B0B78519EF7088E1C903D6C144A39A18" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td id="6BE4A85E66FC70822CA8C5782F9C2E1B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td id="D6B2EF263023B71F551A5C3B28ADF9EA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="C9B2EE6B682577C7AEFE44040987B054" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F11F6A5F69C5839DCB6F18A02EBF4EF7">
<td id="6F7D01326C534478F5A6186AF4FD92A3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2QBG" xlink_title="forearm length">FA</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="DB286C745AF4952CE61C8A0F2417B7B7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">42.84</td>
<td id="DD05D697A5AA592A287EA7676E3199A6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">39.4</td>
<td id="575051815D55E7BF60824469F3D67EE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">41</td>
<td id="0040E665CC126E9A445B1BD9DDD8D312" colspan="1" rowspan="1">42.7</td>
<td id="C19E71B4FD0EF9AE21ACE0AD6E4453E7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">40.7</td>
<td id="0ED6FC8B5D5542F691FEA27164AB45C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">40.6</td>
<td id="F54391A6B04B7CF09C0B7A7E78C13C62" colspan="1" rowspan="1">41.8</td>
<td id="D7E289C5CE28D4443015BB56363240AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">40.68</td>
<td id="B85C041C135B1CA467F90AE1F985E9DE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">41.3</td>
<td id="0FE4ECB8746B38A6BBCEE21BAB6215CD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">39.4</td>
<td id="5C8649912AE05A9C73BB68950905BA3C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">41.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2DF76A7C7C4D767F3397BDA2DB1E9BD4">
<td id="56354AC054B0C4B3B913457D3921CB75" colspan="1" rowspan="1">W</td>
<td id="B898CED71251F546E0C6C7B380938E01" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22</td>
<td id="05AC3A641618F59E9C507E974B3B3167" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="1600BCE474FFCFCDE6ED9EF4C203CD9C" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="75652A861FF7F82F40B76E44797B60AA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.3</td>
<td id="1C196E8865FCBB0CB35AE679CCB78857" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23.5</td>
<td id="479CFB509536AC4A6C284CA99CA50D71" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22</td>
<td id="7739C99437F951A398A0ED808DC1CDE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="A574F6B103BCD34B929783D6921EDB68" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22</td>
<td id="541729D428DDC98AFD39E5BA3C6BB962" colspan="1" rowspan="1">19</td>
<td id="BBD6D058D583935D6964789753C966C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="0A364FC8A01106775973235CB77E6E06" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D940614E6013514932BC2D6A9F521667">
<td id="1BE8D85DE2B47E8B4386E2810E1338F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKTBG" xlink_title="condylobasal length">CBL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="78785AE7D0C1E91D5468C6AA0C0F8EA3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.8</td>
<td id="2A73D4B2B6062F673A265040FDEBC964" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.3</td>
<td id="E42313AE8AAEEEE2429E2CCA7A8A1236" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.5</td>
<td id="398F00A7A4CB9C9E8D48B41310D226CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.7</td>
<td id="77A85B93496E82FB3387602C52155064" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.2</td>
<td id="ADEA5483357E63E686EF402EAF56CBA6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.2</td>
<td id="D7388E3C03846D770987F8FA3B3B68CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="F346030EDDF32E3D01655047A806CF3F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16</td>
<td id="551CA67EB544133406A6EDF468C60A34" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.7</td>
<td id="52780B6EB1B6BA67766851C95C3CF1E7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="EAA87B998AB8FE5FB6C215209980BAAF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A1B30C52731D3707BF7E3F5C6BC80D8C">
<td id="F3D36A969143DA97C8857C9A9F962464" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUUBG" xlink_title="zygomatic breadth">ZB</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="2C8561C4ACBB21D5CADE71121E73AA0A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td id="41015AC9F4DA99167A831C09E412DC71" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
<td id="C156B85134518F3620E18A684BAFBC90" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.1</td>
<td id="9D83CD8412B8558DD769A9EA2BD1D8EA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.5</td>
<td id="975AE1054E6AC7DAC1BA87ED2CB1E226" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.2</td>
<td id="B567098A6C544B3790458836D6E2A0A7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.3</td>
<td id="0529CAF11FDF897EDDC7C9C26E13607A" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="13D204BE344150DF00D2E4811CEAB594" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
<td id="855E67FFCA0C40F9C95E6F9683F63669" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.5</td>
<td id="9B7BC6843A83603B8A264B69D4BC562E" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="C91ED8491404A75668E684976B64546F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0DE437D145DDC708C875DF20F52AE525">
<td id="17DA39C49675606D2FA1EF43FD185773" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5VBG" xlink_title="greatest length of skull with incisors">GLS w. i</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="76510DD926BA3A69DFCDE7C75A7937B9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">19</td>
<td id="2E152D997D9AA4512FF9212274C4ECD1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.2</td>
<td id="C277C62020660328693BE112F7D28699" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.6</td>
<td id="8BDCD3904E651CA5E90FEA0890461A4B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.7</td>
<td id="14CC26340D927DFBE8415B4BDCF4DEE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">19.2</td>
<td id="650D4157A2A51462D6303B6E98E337EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.9</td>
<td id="8F07E4F858D9A7C419BF9533A6AB168E" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="6E1132759872B73A347A86691789E290" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.7</td>
<td id="0D36E1FC6A0DFEA34E2260DA77DAAE15" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.3</td>
<td id="06D8F25FA5FCC9E1CC55A3B7F090CE81" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="6FFA4CD86E053EE2D775750E8FD80080" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="90FC1CC05B652ECB087985BB4D26E873">
<td id="8CE3F24550D0E2FC6A7D768CB3D769D4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIXBG" xlink_title="greatest length of skull excluding incisors">GLS wo. i</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="CB952375014EF16655F2DD790976B908" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.6</td>
<td id="62B2B4E658A5030B8A0ECE639887126E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.7</td>
<td id="F2E45BC0B436073BCE80D3DCAA1B40A3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.4</td>
<td id="502146E265586E6FF68DA3B51F0A8DBF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.2</td>
<td id="C6B6E4B6F091D136FAE88AF22711E269" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.8</td>
<td id="41CF5A2CBBEEA7EA26E6338BC5CF9675" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.5</td>
<td id="5583200CB0C85950976B542257910F0F" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="D01C4049521A59DC3C20AF4121B38146" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.7</td>
<td id="4D731361A742CEC0A854950E80C79DB9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.6</td>
<td id="13E6C9A5BC46F4782C4FBB7D3DDD7D56" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="34C5EE7C8B8806DF7B8B29382F40951D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="452EC7C0DAEFE1C323676B912F7A2C58">
<td id="05A70F9F36764EF7A7CEA33A4C63CBC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESYBG" xlink_title="postorbital constriction">PC</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="37119B4071CE9899BF3F723B24718985" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="510A17DF6E28906D24ABA1BBA6F62C14" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="2D34520DB9FA798471F3BDF55A690965" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.2</td>
<td id="294D16AEF5A5444B8699AEDB265BF12A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td id="4F61E102D84DED1A5C7EFBAB70C0BBC7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td id="04A424EB0C8DB62080CBCEF0F26D37D7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td id="6DBDDC967B9D8E3DA86CCE0FB67F85AF" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="D1B243FD8C035A9B66340C44B5B0706F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="EE41E0D5F72A8682C4578E6D8DAD5376" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.2</td>
<td id="12F524CED6CBF56852B4A0FCC9236609" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="A24BC1C24646B760E15B69E66DFCD054" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="229C7DE6772179267A08FA8C1E074DF7">
<td id="7B6B14A3B0227E7C03F2B443C5AF77B6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3ZBG" xlink_title="braincase breadth">BB</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="BE5B70257E97E6516300D921AF37F14E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.2</td>
<td id="0D1E10ADB006F7C55D69D7794D2BEBD2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.1</td>
<td id="D2F61A4B9681AF02B8A44BAFC87FAEA4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.6</td>
<td id="631C582C56B7E75D02A94C2976F815BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.6</td>
<td id="15AFAB4E3834142DF828178F0B3188D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.9</td>
<td id="1428AC5204CBDAECEE1D5E1D323127FE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.9</td>
<td id="AFCA890EAD3247CCAF15B4F7FD36316A" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="BA23403B580C024AC111D2230880F549" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.2</td>
<td id="1CA72E2EAB738974DFEC1FA2824BDAEB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.2</td>
<td id="6BD3DEB97D92A7733ACF973217D0B70F" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="315FC1C273B018686E386841B55A5FC9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6AB05A1D6A9B94E7E11EB0AF3A1C4F23">
<td id="1382D8AC55E62B1AB622C66BBAD1780F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EG2BG" xlink_title="maxillary toothrow length">LMxT</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="9961E3B2565BBB582BFB04E4312EB438" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.4</td>
<td id="54596264B6B97BCD6204F6D741484762" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.7</td>
<td id="71A9F75DDED73FCCCA48AEF75049B488" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.5</td>
<td id="78A4D861BF23922E1C1F751EC5852F73" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.9</td>
<td id="C57913DF21F4E9DFB7EE094F65A0D072" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.2</td>
<td id="48F25F14E0B1315AB2A744204BC38B4A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.2</td>
<td id="4AA96208F8701EC97BF270FCC5EDF608" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="89B18D84D7A74CE1C0A3B7504035D7AB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.8</td>
<td id="EE1209702B5BBF34BAE778F148809911" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.9</td>
<td id="10A9DA440240C061013515EB44ADBB56" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="9F227BD5F55DEBC20153885ADBDF1B95" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2AE26A9754966DC611FFA297023CB1F9">
<td id="808A66CE7BA48EBD441C0AE8EE54CC23" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQ3BG" xlink_title="palatal length">PL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="B9369BCD4F7C6F301D5B746C3A28C732" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.6</td>
<td id="E67A98877C1E8AF2DEBAB3F65EEA7E02" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td id="1F087B63507050DD27F46CABF5A93866" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td id="3CE7E40226CC47DABC40F501E72BFE98" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.8</td>
<td id="E9D0F56EEF13F254A2D0240FD925BDA5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.1</td>
<td id="EAA09E94557E2CD25FE28B955C044BD0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.5</td>
<td id="250C22A58F98878D45E738BC39E7EDC3" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="7BDBDD7F93027E3BB7B196182386E635" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.7</td>
<td id="78F63103AF549063C3905162037182C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td id="60343C5BC470A3FFD6E40C427BD86FFB" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="1B19732C056E17AB9A0536863C6059CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0259FB89583A631E1E8FBFDA2A8157B6">
<td id="1BB69DD63EF3D39B88BFD651897E0D33" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E14BG" xlink_title="mastoideal breadth">MB</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="2D37FE71C790B7A29F33EFBDBC25ABA8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.4</td>
<td id="8DE4A4C75C2DE9D6BFAC2C1A42D2960D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td id="65F6E244B0B3796888EE6607574D39CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.1</td>
<td id="AD146EDAA95B425B271A6447477DA324" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.2</td>
<td id="9A2E2C14946844B596B00ABF5D86DC05" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.5</td>
<td id="7B59E46F787271B141CD5767605F4BE0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.6</td>
<td id="355F00F4367BE3ED3AE9BF991DB14279" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="21D9F88248F6A8A57DD80DABB0D42590" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="4EECAC3317FDB75FF394030EB46E5C24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.2</td>
<td id="E4E18C8A421C6EFEFF03452027E118A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="DD2588F504CB4F909DAE3285D57265AF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B62AE2993F186CFB60DA1B250FF1B015">
<td id="31DBC76043226ACD88E0C622491D88F2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EE6BG" xlink_title="mandible length">LM</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="C5F3CE7E1E8270715394924299F8ECB0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13.5</td>
<td id="FBD34880711F221B889522CDC2B81E46" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.5</td>
<td id="8162D2D376BDA2D5886ABD0D34553F55" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.3</td>
<td id="656A828C01C92773C562E78741139D8E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.7</td>
<td id="FDD78A228CFE057E5E230AF4FEB5457A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13.3</td>
<td id="AD5106787A59CEC743F15C9E30DFF275" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13.2</td>
<td id="31541E6E914C10CBC4604F18C817F36F" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="28E74262ABDE23C0AD14A404F19FBD6D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.7</td>
<td id="1C8730521F3BBAB14E6614A84C26878B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.6</td>
<td id="43A1D9EE038ACAF8854AAA8E62C2166D" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="08F8A690F3F0426B5798699D4FB9486C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0DC7ED647B3ECD068F3202727AE8AB47">
<td id="2FAECE413D32BFEDFE9A8D345C00F095" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPAAI" xlink_title="mandibular toothrow length">LMdT</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="E6D18AD6EFD064E902B6AEF7505C74E8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.9</td>
<td id="DE90885151FB2620889ADD9AA2D1A404" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.8</td>
<td id="9A4AE815D30BDC9A4BA1BD748117B54A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.3</td>
<td id="9A7020850437D3431627FB900C0EF94D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.4</td>
<td id="B1E1CC8644D1DAFF5265722E3FA99807" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.6</td>
<td id="2D31A78EE38812DF75FB6B90DB8CD8F6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td id="7C80C226204D5717CF1DEE273596E6C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="DF421A0AABBD94D0C991ACD4CC459550" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.5</td>
<td id="509A6A8FE5C1202608223A2434DA93D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.7</td>
<td id="FCBEB9CB6E9A69F23AEF3CD7C3E0E6BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="5C219E3A9503182B35684789382538EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="03D92E25B51D337831EF5DA8BEB751BF">
<td id="73F6B0F96D3C7A849F6FF96D05C51E9D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZBAI" xlink_title="width across canines">C-C</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="9198C56002DFCAB8ECD6A4229E0E5D65" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td id="8B663ABA1918CAECF872A5A256CBFF18" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td id="5999344900C0062FAF771FF6A6B5CEF3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td id="2DBEA75E4FAB719AC5713119C9CFE9B7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td id="1573BEA5689A5565B1A2E25AF420502E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td id="0922CEB7B610B4E366ABD61D3F914AD7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td id="77DE62F070CFC0EAC638B7B527CAE426" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="592A4C0E7117E47A4BEE8CEF972C74CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.8</td>
<td id="F3841664894BEABABDAC2823AAAC9A55" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td id="DB7EEB318C3675A275EBD2DCB76265FC" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="8A478436CE14A5A802138334CF22DFFC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D91174B3DC82B0BDE89FBF9EB9BE542B">
<td id="D0F91DD64CFDAF182ECA284E6C7E838A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDDAI" xlink_title="width across second molars">M 2 - M 2</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="7E9060875562B1DA297B3BEA99C96465" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.6</td>
<td id="B84776B7181C327C4AFAA76FEF28B977" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.6</td>
<td id="BC885DC04B9FBB2F312823809638CAAF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.2</td>
<td id="7E4316E14D199F3DE7AA48496E002D1F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.4</td>
<td id="B142688F88DB96FA094D7E8BF96CEA41" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.1</td>
<td id="89D4CC9E24EF3F150E71CC718451757E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.2</td>
<td id="BA2971C628F98A4E83D212FD56139ABA" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="12D0FA4F3941F839044FDD6EA018D93F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td id="FE10B234ECA351DDE6B4D4D15119CD7F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.1</td>
<td id="6FF1E38ED361D59DCE27473512FA3829" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="2A467292023F5BBF8A00B399BF67B2F1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2691C5C151CBF5ECC8E1670B9BA8F3E5">
<td id="F15896820606F22224A17966316B9DC5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENEAI" xlink_title="height of the sagittal crest">SAR</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="092A4EC74B87B99FCC51A7E4FD5121B7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td id="05912FE2CEA31A0364AFDF7A763CCFB2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="D59725167D91767122D7A266D98661BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="A21CF7DCCE5728B6239174231E56F76E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="743C63251842CCFFF27A7F22F5B0CA25" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="C00472D05DE5101A8535C18672CF0D08" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td id="EC775D6AF740CEEF393C02BB08985B5C" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="8416CACFAC3EF4A8CB8A838C3DD66942" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td id="5684EDFAAA19EF44D176E040826935E6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.9</td>
<td id="B88F9888CDF62ACBDFD55869E887F895" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
<td id="427F95E9D0D4CA994FDA0386BF8E8924" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="270ADF9D4C7931D0FAE1BCDB2B686312" ID-DOI="10.3897/vz.74.e122822.figure4" ID-arpha="352E11C1-D012-5159-A85A-03CF76494268" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1063131" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="8529E982B762533A63B9D5C2C5686E7A">
<label id="1C2D5B8AF9C1834EAC3DDAFF4B1F57EB">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E78A1A2BC3C03F5C31F9773BC00814D3">
Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the skin of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="90022EBC3FA80B3E044ACF7443265903" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="8F12C293531974F7B1448F0F4D9CB292" italics="true">Molossus paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFGAI" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Florentino Ameghino”">MFA-ZV-M</abbrev>
1494), adult male. Scale bar = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8A0C4339DCA38D8EC551AD544DF4AFFA">
<label id="A9567CCF2820FEDABFF8B4FF2DFD6B27">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="61688B60C60FB128585B1910D6897C25">
Lateral view of skull and mandible (A), and frontal (B), ventral (C) and dorsal (E) views of the skull of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="056DBBA849B50ED625A05698ED774245" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="A4414A2901F83903410E7ECDCFD9A3D9" italics="true">Molossus paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MF-ZV-M 1494). Scale bar = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EGHAI" type="Paratypes">
<paragraph id="A1717AE21FDA29D07C6761C3B868F9F2">
<heading id="662FB9F396B28EE37CE63F2F3ADC0215" reason="title">
<typeStatus id="C60A1B5EC9ED120D4F2C7DCF08822955" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1D25D71328FAEA88A210FE3ADF19A48C">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMHAI" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">
<collectionCode id="D1056FFD1B38A5340918A002A3513918">INALI-A</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
389 and
<specimenCount id="2B52EF0454EA293D730C56A2FA5C6F6E" count="390" type="adult">390 adult</specimenCount>
females, with
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQHAI" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">
<collectionCode id="785ACDEB059F66C5A4483CC7812A10EA">INALI-A</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
389 preserved as a skull specimen only, while both specimens are preserved in 70 % alcohol, collected on
<date id="D40689600BDD1AEB834566054492AAFB" value="2017-10">October 2017</date>
at “ Desvío Arijón ”, San Jerónimo, Santa Fe province,
<collectingCountry id="AF69228C933DDAA6FAE2C38509570898" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 31.88, long. 60.89,
<quantity id="3827A4111A1C1997D24968D80B185102" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" unit="m" value="17.0">17 m</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUHAI" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo”">MG-ZV-M</abbrev>
<specimenCount id="AFC92D46E7C52D759324EBD413E1686F" count="176" type="adult">176 adult</specimenCount>
female preserved as skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected on
<date id="70C6487B70C4A87D5163F363D03798B5" value="2015-05-16">16 May 2015</date>
at “ Reserva Hídrica Río Carcarañá ”, Area Natural Protegida, Pueblo Andino, Iriondo,
<collectingRegion id="7F05D87D16C187441B36849B9CD90E47" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="F4321D6BDC4756FE5988D62A0475BFE4" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 32.67, long. 60.87,
<quantity id="9B7EDA652A96C7A58388AB9593C7B848" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="m" value="25.0">25 m</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYHAI" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo”">MG-ZV-M</abbrev>
<specimenCount id="37E7B46A29D1469173AD631C2EB57B72" count="208" type="adult">208 adult</specimenCount>
female preserved as skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton, collected on
<date id="E1A25E4C44A3F5D22ABB6C9A8517252C" value="2016-05-07">7 May 2016</date>
at “ Parque Villarino ”, Zavalla, Rosario,
<collectingRegion id="E3A7364D56B1983075A6ECA690587912" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="3FF89E87325C76F372A6977597C80D88" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 33.03, long. 60.89,
<quantity id="7523FFBBDE709963007EB53D6FDC4751" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.7" unit="m" value="57.0">57 m</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3HAI" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo”">MG-ZV-M</abbrev>
296 and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAIAI" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Florentino Ameghino”">
<collectionCode id="B278C768C18C7DD8864EDB9BE6168854" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2y6k-1nxb" name="Museo Florentino Ameghino, Coleccion de Mastozoologia (Argentina)" type="">MFA-ZV-M</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
1414 subadult males preserved in 70 % alcohol from Rosario,
<collectingRegion id="847F4F02C0DBE876B61A8903F435D817" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="CBF671900EE975E5BB318C6DA62D1ED3" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 32.69, long. 60.72,
<quantity id="FCAA568C134287C8230AD42FD4EDB60E" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="30.0">30 m</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEIAI" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">
<collectionCode id="07E00DEC75BA6880D706D87E0D99178E">INALI-A</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<specimenCount id="71ACC9B8F9EE1A0F56E3094AAF51D62F" count="457" type="adult">457 adult</specimenCount>
female preserved as skull and in 70 % alcohol, collected on
<date id="3B15B35BC96E2EE81BEB880619CE9CC3" value="2018-03-07">7 March 2018</date>
at “ Estancia Las Gamas ”, Vera,
<collectingRegion id="49D21591F9CDF4E39B3ECE6BFA819D0B" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="C009D5604A9ECDFB80FEB80AB69EAE84" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 29.42, long. 60.38,
<quantity id="69F54276FF148C4BD8C6AAFC1E6719F2" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.2" unit="m" value="62.0">62 m</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIIAI" xlink_title="Colección de Vertebrados of the Instituto Nacional de Limnología">
<collectionCode id="C5C48CB76E78A67F3FE6B50A70A15B85">INALI-A</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
588 and
<specimenCount id="6E90C533D06C0105F443ED0A6C91B74C" count="589" type="adult">589 adult</specimenCount>
males with scrotal testes, preserved as skin, skull and postcranial skeleton the first and in 70 % alcohol the second, collected on
<date id="01537D23BBF41E591AE40D28D0736744" value="2018-12-08">8 December 2018</date>
at “ Establecimiento Inchala ”, La Picada, Paraná,
<collectingRegion id="E5346710F234E25F4700B82F0A897AB8" country="Argentina" name="Entre Rios">Entre Ríos province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="B7649C912C863EDEB0FDC244FA378635" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 31.74, long. 60.26,
<quantity id="F71A3206D3B35C7F5233F533185B1317" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" unit="m" value="29.0">29 m</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMIAI" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”">MACN-Ma</abbrev>
30878 an adult male preserved as skull and in 70 % alcohol, collected on
<date id="4B5AE91ED5DED4E4078DAE23DFE86F05" value="2017-04-07">7 April 2017</date>
at “ Campus Universitario FaCENA-UNNE ”,
<collectingRegion id="779DD28BCA96890C2CB6DA00A741C721" country="Argentina" name="Corrientes">Corrientes</collectingRegion>
city,
<collectingRegion id="03CDB368BE6B1251FDA840F4D69E4DDC" country="Argentina" name="Corrientes">Corrientes province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="14F41D476A00EE6DA3705FA74894F2EC" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 27.47, long. 58.78,
<quantity id="2A84E929CA5F976BC3A676D749C41109" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.1" unit="m" value="61.0">61 m</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQIAI" xlink_title="Colección de Mamíferos of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”">MACN-Ma</abbrev>
30420 adult male preserved in 70 % alcohol from Tigre,
<collectingRegion id="3F61C0758BC9759B3B1DACA40E5038B9" country="Argentina" name="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="18AD019EA8130615FBE7A898E56D4EBA" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 34.42, long. 58.57,
<quantity id="2DC8BC20CF83B48C757128D6ED013C47" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" unit="m" value="4.0">4 m</quantity>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EUIAI" type="Other specimens">
<paragraph id="39C6039BF1EAEC42AABA8F67A66E81F8">
<heading id="F14901C16FDCFF5BB6AC1D728CC05949" reason="title">Other specimens.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A0A9AE8951B0C95930C6B62BF2DBC73A">
Five individuals,
<specimenCount id="B4C51ADDDDD27859033A10967394CF0C" count="3" type="male">three males</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="BA667D00D0070853DB77D9B4E806D008" count="2" type="female">two females</specimenCount>
, were captured using mist nets at “ Sociedad Rural ”,
<collectingRegion id="DE433BD0DCF6D0787D446E3A68E53357" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe</collectingRegion>
city,
<collectingRegion id="9E4DD4E5458042F891692DAB1A709239" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="5B3EEA7FE8573F775C63FEE959242215" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(lat. 31.63, long. 60.71,
<quantity id="A0EC3E7FEE5D41E2350033CC31511A70" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="m" value="20.0">20 m</quantity>
), obtained tissue samples, marked with a haircut and then released (collector Valeria Colombo number: MR 192, 193, 194, 197, 198).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EZIAI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="3B0FDA4B507100284C3632A999DCF10C">
<heading id="AF420540A19DC7FDE3A857E4F7F12874" reason="title">Distribution and habitat.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B8B5AC2988E4665CC1BC8AED0E008671">
This species is known from ten localities in four provinces of eastern
<collectingCountry id="B18AD17A509EEC88453F797CE292BCC8" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="FF203C1D8072806E35F14BC1C816B74D" country="Argentina" name="Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="96C66C7D6632B194D85A4B4AA8AA8B51" country="Argentina" name="Corrientes">Corrientes</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="5B5A69C10337BDEE22418441CA714E08" country="Argentina" name="Entre Rios">Entre Ríos</collectingRegion>
, and
<collectingRegion id="872D8EC8613F1D29A84C9F2EFF22A187" country="Argentina" name="Santa Fe">Santa Fe</collectingRegion>
) in the Espinal, Humid
<collectingRegion id="7570575B13495080DB9F38145524379E" country="Argentina" name="Chaco">Chaco</collectingRegion>
, Humid Pampas, and Paraná Flooded Savanna ecoregions (sensu
<bibRefCitation id="12CD08844BD1CE867BDDB61C13C80848" DOI="10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" author="Olson" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Olson" refId="B39" refString="Olson DM, Dinerstein E, Wikramanayake ED, Burgess ND, Powell GVN, Underwood EC, Damico JA, Itoua I, Strand HE, Morrison JC, Loucks CJ, Allnutt TF, Ricketts TH, Kura Y, Lamoreux JF, Wettengel WW, Hedao P, Kassem KR (2001) Terrestrial ecoregions of the World: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51: 933938. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568 (2001) 051 [0933: TEOTWA] 2.0. CO; 2" year="2001">Olson et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F60BC98DE1CA9AC0D3A3775248606315" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="E15FA51A17766F948D11D19850EAE981" italics="true">Molossus paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
inhabits natural environments in pampas grasslands, dry shrublands and wetlands, and anthropic environments such as human constructions in cities and agricultural fields.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4B793AD552BF5912867EF1A7EB53D6B6">
It is conceivable that this newly discovered species may have a wider distribution, particularly within the region influenced by the
<collectingRegion id="DE94CC4D8403FD19D437CA320A04C927" country="Brazil" name="Parana">Paraná</collectingRegion>
River.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EPJAI" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="AF147E0345055EC5E06DD2BE5411DC02">
<heading id="55C6260638DCDB5179E337F0DAB963C2" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B656D035C4C921285DDBB0313062F8FA">
The name
<emphasis id="E8A6000FD58C06EA13930F8394EBD11A" italics="true">paranaensis</emphasis>
is bestowed in reference to the extended distribution of the new species along the Paraná River basin, one of the largest rivers in South America. Paraná is a word from the Mbyá people who speak Tupí (one of the native languages in
<collectingCountry id="F64CD99271BA623AB8DEC6293B7843D8" name="Argentina">Argentina</collectingCountry>
), pará = “ sea ” and nã = “ similar to ” or “ like ”, which means “ that looks like the sea ” or “ similar to the sea ”. This river shelters a great biodiversity and natural beauty.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EXJAI" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="42DE109BF9DC5A3C1465AF7AD0AAFAB5">
<heading id="66AABB86AEC50DE917A57D6B6877EFBE" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="34A8E7BFF4BEC554DA26E2917B1D7D4C">
<taxonomicName id="1AC5D2A167D7B68017C44997098FD7C7" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="260D7B2D86E537F957A7B941BE4F82D3" italics="true">Molossus paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from all other
<taxonomicName id="68FE21AECE54059BE2D9376157F8879E">
<emphasis id="4A9CDEB2E8B49A8C9D12034CF59D0FA9" italics="true">Molossus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
by the following combination of characters: medium size (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPKAI" xlink_title="forearm length">FA</abbrev>
<quantity id="507EA3A9EEDF11E9599277026856104A" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.109999999999999" metricValueMax="4.279999999999999" metricValueMin="3.94" unit="mm" value="41.099999999999994" valueMax="42.8" valueMin="39.4">39.442.8 mm</quantity>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETKAI" xlink_title="greatest length of skull with incisors">GLS w. i</abbrev>
<quantity id="4FAF6A32462E9355DAAFF91EB937FC98" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.825" metricValueMax="1.92" metricValueMin="1.73" unit="mm" value="18.25" valueMax="19.2" valueMin="17.3">17.319.2 mm</quantity>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXKAI" xlink_title="postorbital constriction">PC</abbrev>
<quantity id="6879055BCE9783B397F8F504D1BD1B0B" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.199999999999999" metricValueMax="4.6" metricValueMin="3.8" unit="mm" value="4.199999999999999" valueMax="4.6" valueMin="3.8">3.84.6 mm</quantity>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2KAI" xlink_title="maxillary toothrow length">LMxT</abbrev>
<quantity id="03452D326846973E04069C7DF495ACF4" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.85" metricValueMax="7.4" metricValueMin="6.3" unit="mm" value="6.85" valueMax="7.4" valueMin="6.3">6.37.4 mm</quantity>
); dorsal coloration medium brown (cinnamon to grayish brown sensu
<bibRefCitation id="860CCEF6087A62A207D62D89F2347F6F" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.144788" author="Ridgway" firstAuthor="Ridgway" refId="B47" refString="Ridgway R (1912) Color standards and color nomenclature. Published by the author, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.144788" year="1912">Ridgway 1912</bibRefCitation>
) with individual hairs bicolored, with a large and pale basal band reaching 1 / 4 to 1 / 2 to of total length of the hair, the venter is paler than dorsum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C7DE6E07DD3730D00B6B09B8311EE103" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the skin of the holotype of Molossus paranaensis (MFA-ZV-M 1494), adult male. Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e122822.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1063131">4</figureCitation>
); in frontal view the rostrum is triangular (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C9F61DDFF6DDD1522E4F1DD7D6A31F35" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Lateral view of skull and mandible (A), and frontal (B), ventral (C) and dorsal (E) views of the skull of the holotype of Molossus paranaensis (MF-ZV-M 1494). Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e122822.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1063132">5 B</figureCitation>
), and the lambdoidal crests are moderately developed (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AE6A46B7FB3FB92B68E69A21F5B60CA7" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Lateral view of skull and mandible (A), and frontal (B), ventral (C) and dorsal (E) views of the skull of the holotype of Molossus paranaensis (MF-ZV-M 1494). Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e122822.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1063132">5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EPLAI" type="description">
<paragraph id="9502F2B3C31FEB237900CD95322B3458">
<heading id="67A9D060DC7F54399948DDA4D613132E" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A89B3F95F4043A8AFC1B8E34F4BF5FE9">
The new species is a medium-sized
<taxonomicName id="D7C4503EB79B7424AFE6949C9C2C06C8" authorityName="E. Geoffroy" authorityYear="1805" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4184969A591BB4F97A5B62F37A060806" italics="true">Molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3LAI" xlink_title="total length">ToL</abbrev>
:
<quantity id="0A52344135B888A52FDCE81CA22962F6" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0265499999999999" metricValueMax="1.15" metricValueMin="0.9031" unit="mm" value="102.655" valueMax="115.0" valueMin="90.31">90.31115 mm</quantity>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAMAI" xlink_title="forearm length">FA</abbrev>
:
<quantity id="31F38877BE16E2FB53775BC4857EA93D" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.112" metricValueMax="4.284" metricValueMin="3.94" unit="mm" value="41.12" valueMax="42.84" valueMin="39.4">39.442.84 mm</quantity>
, n =
<specimenCount id="1583F134C389CC6466F60CCCC67A57AE" count="13" type="generic">13 specimens</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="C8A31D0E6F49C49371BD6B31601B07E5" count="6" type="male">6 males</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="4F76F71E7B91473CD21912B7305C4B45" count="7" type="female">7 females</specimenCount>
). Sexual dimorphism is observed in certain variables (body mass,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEMAI" xlink_title="total length">ToL</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIMAI" xlink_title="condylobasal length">
<collectionCode id="4A6E1ACD2B23093141BD0CC22B9B65D6">CBL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMMAI" xlink_title="mastoideal breadth">
<collectionCode id="F709EA504A8BDA88094684BAFC616703" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQMAI" xlink_title="palatal length">
<collectionCode id="20BD64AEB584AEE38F978A2C606863C9" country="Czech Republic" name="Západoceské muzeum v Plzni" type="Museum">PL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUMAI" xlink_title="width across canines">C-C</abbrev>
; see Table
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). Rostrum with a well-developed and straight keel, and the upper lip with a fringe of medium brown hard hairs on the border forming an upwardly projected mustache. Triangular and medium-sized ears (
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total length) with an oval-shaped antitragus that has an anterobasal constriction. Dorsal hairs measuring
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long, markedly bicolored with a large pale band on the base from white to cream and the tips are variable from cinnamon to grayish brown (the
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is cinnamon). Ventral hairs measuring
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long, paler than the dorsal hairs and bicolored with grayish brown tips (buffy olive or citrine drab sensu
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; Fig.
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) and white or cream bases; ventrally, the pelage extends onto the plagiopatagium along the side of the body from the elbow to the knee. Wing membranes and uropatagium are pale brown. Feet have thickened first and fifth toes with short and curved hairs and all the toes are bordered with long, curved, and light hairs. The calcar is well-developed, longer than the hindfoot, and occupying ⅔ of the uropatagium edge.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4B8DC41911901E13DA5262E7C5A298DA">
The skull is elongated with a short rostrum (compared to the braincase); the infra-orbital foramen is frontally directed; the nasal cavity is taller than wide (in dorsal view the posterior edge of the nasal cavity is triangular); basisphenoid and basioccipitals pits moderately deep although the first more than the second; the occipital is triangular in posterior view; the sagittal crest has low development and the lambdoidal crest is moderately developed and has a quadrangular shape in posterior view as in
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, both crests are more pronounced in males. The post-tympanic process of the squamosal is well developed and this is more visible dorsally (Fig.
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). The dental formula is I 1 / 1, C 1 / 1, P 1 / 2, M 3 / 3, total = 26. The upper incisors are elongated, pincer-like, they are projected beyond the canines, and with parallel tips (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EZNAI" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="A41D57A09F7510244B432028E34306E9">
<heading id="7F9027AEC7232DD01D4F0CBB1B583EC8" reason="title">Comparisons.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="778360BF928B5D68555C5F0E8A1BE500">
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<emphasis id="1CA3343A76A60FD398909C90C69AE669" italics="true">Molossus paranaensis</emphasis>
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is a medium-sized
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<emphasis id="1BB6EE90BA453891827936B35C2AF339" italics="true">Molossus</emphasis>
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similar to
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<emphasis id="5623C2D534A2F31760B899F06D2D4ECF" italics="true">M. bondae</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="2B95889881E917DA518946BCFB3EBB26" italics="true">M. currentium</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="FAC33CA253DD03933A7569B2183C7B97" italics="true">M. molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="DA58E8408909874D1E2A0DEB95B68CBE" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="9D6F9A34F71383A93E54A78B384D0AF5" italics="true">M. verrilli</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. The new species can be easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="952A09D7772B1C2FB0293E4B74C347AC" italics="true">M. bondae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C6A7619D10F83D801BDB5BBA01D88FEB" italics="true">M. verrilli</emphasis>
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by dorsal fur coloration and secondarily by geographical distribution. From the species occurring in
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,
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<emphasis id="65804F193507AE55320828EC16496693" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="5395987BE25AA3EAC7334479B8FB96CA" italics="true">M. currentium</emphasis>
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in dorsal coloration and in some cranial characters such as the shape of upper incisors (see Table
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); from
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<emphasis id="671AB95314427D61060B2723D3F970B1" italics="true">M. molossus</emphasis>
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in the length of forearm (in general &lt;
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in
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<emphasis id="E0822E8FD85129DD20C4C18DB5FB60F1" italics="true">M. molossus</emphasis>
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and
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in
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<emphasis id="628D49EA4723140AC7A9D79416C581D5" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
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) and LMTx (
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in
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<emphasis id="EAAD27A2D0D4FA2DD1F2892B26A99FF3" italics="true">M. molossus</emphasis>
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and
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in
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<emphasis id="2E71DA3C3F64AE87C78EFBEEDA0982A8" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
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), the format of the rostrum in frontal view (triangular in
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<emphasis id="65AAB9ABE3C14BEB701A285D4C5B45D2" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
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and square in
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<emphasis id="3E36C92D0A60F8ADEE89698D114B29FB" italics="true">M. molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
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), the development of lambdoidal crests (moderately developed in
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<emphasis id="016D79F7E1B35E3BCAC6E9E5C6440BDE" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
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and underdeveloped in
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<emphasis id="DCEDA39EE06BDACA44E94AF72704B446" italics="true">M. molossus</emphasis>
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), and in several cranial measurements (see Figs
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,
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; Table
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); from
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<emphasis id="F89C29C48AA869A0D7033E71B4EABACE" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
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, in addition to the ochraceous or orange individuals of this last species, in the color of membranes (pale brown in
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<emphasis id="D21CCA308B00FE4C65FA93CABA249B6D" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
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and dark brown in
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<emphasis id="3CB0738DFFF28CE8B7093EF5B447A3DD" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), in the direction of the infra-orbital foramen (frontal in
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<emphasis id="B733CE5710A9951E98E3BBB1578CB684" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and lateral in
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<emphasis id="9DA06DD4E3779299CDAE4353CF4A4D00" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), in the development of sagittal crest (higher in
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<emphasis id="92C7CEFC98537115CC5AEEE0AB4EA0C5" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
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), and in the length of
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(6.07.0 mm in
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<emphasis id="3A20E3179C99B4F042E97647EEF18A1A" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
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and
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in
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),
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(
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in
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and
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in
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<emphasis id="109D0D05C276262BC93AEA03A9286F7A" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
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), and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFZAI" xlink_title="mandibular toothrow length">LMdT</abbrev>
(
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in
<taxonomicName id="1F9F6F2A4D21FE4E41CAE17251EF6437" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melini">
<emphasis id="4037086ECE01B53F67C3F5A1AA98B729" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
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and 7.38.0 mm in
<taxonomicName id="00B67E1FA4FC8DF5894C07928210FB50" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="3708E523F39E7559A29C234917D4189E" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Figs
<figureCitation id="20CB138B71F34521184F53B442C50F1B" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A Genetic confidence score (GIS) was defined for each species group by weighted consideration of known sequences (see File S 1 for equation details). Univariate pairwise comparisons of external (B) and cranial measurements (C) of Molossus species present in Argentina (and Brazil) based on genetically confirmed specimens (M. fluminensis, M. melini, M. molossus, and Molossus sp. nov.). Box-and-whisker plots show data distributed across quartiles, the vertical lines indicate the ranges, and outliers are shown as separate data points. *, **, and *** represent significant pairwise differences among species." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e122822.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1063129">2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1D95F82630A5BE130F0175F4E65168DE" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Principal component analysis (PCA) of selected cranial metric variables (GLS wo. i, CBL, PC, BB, ZB, MB, LMxT, PL, C-C, M 2 - M 2, LM and LMdT) of genetically confirmed specimens of Molossus distributed in Argentina. A PCA results are presented in a biplot chart with individuals (dots) and variables (blue arrows) plotted together in the PC 1 vs PC 2 space. Individuals of the same species are enclosed by a convex hull. The mass centroid of each group is indicated by an unlabeled plus sign. Data labels are referenced in File S 1 (Table M 3). Dot sizes of each specimen is proportional to its genetic information availability score (GIS, see File S 1 for score definition details). B Percentages of each cranial variables contribution to the first two principal components (Dim 1 and Dim 2)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e122822.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1063130">3</figureCitation>
; Table
<tableCitation id="BB7C981949BBB7943949CE5EA26B9A79" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Diagnostic external and cranial characters for each Molossus species following Loureiro et al. (2018 b, 2019, 2020) and Montani et al. (2021). References: NA, not available; *: data from this study." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/962C8BB8B8BBCA81DB8AC9946906D2AC" tableUuid="962C8BB8B8BBCA81DB8AC9946906D2AC">2</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="12D59079DEE33CEB474766FB14E9096B">
<label id="54E229BCE67D7A1E3283938E2763B88B">Table 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DDEBF1917900C4F15DE849146DDD1EE3">
Diagnostic external and cranial characters for each
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<emphasis id="76ECC5DEA1D7B99D71A5A11643F08FCE" italics="true">Molossus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
following
<bibRefCitation id="D65728CAED179B040993A64D0DF43482" DOI="10.1016/j.mambio.2018.01.008" author="Loureiro LO &amp; Lim BK &amp; Engstrom MD" journalOrPublisher="Mammalian Biology" pagination="10-21" refId="B26" refString="Loureiro LO, Lim BK, Engstrom MD (2018 b) A new species of mastiff bat (Chiroptera, Molossidae, Molossus) from Guyana and Ecuador. Mammalian Biology 90: 1021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2018.01.008" title="A new species of mastiff bat (Chiroptera, Molossidae, Molossus) from Guyana and Ecuador." volume="90">Loureiro et al. (2018 b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="3113DA3E19BE2B9830B00D5A86735FB4" DOI="10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.1.004" author="Loureiro" firstAuthor="Loureiro" journalOrPublisher="Acta Chiropterologica" pagination="51-64" refId="B28" refString="Loureiro LO, Engstrom M, Lim B, González CL, Juste J (2019) Not all Molossus are created equal: Genetic variation in the mastiff bat reveals diversity masked by conservative morphology. Acta Chiropterologica 21: 5164. https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.1.004" title="Not all Molossus are created equal: Genetic variation in the mastiff bat reveals diversity masked by conservative morphology." volume="21" year="2019">2019</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="23F30A69038668C5E20F6D5AED284E5D" DOI="10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106690" author="Loureiro" firstAuthor="Loureiro" refId="B29" refString="Loureiro LO, Engstrom MD, Lim BK (2020) Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) provide unprecedented resolution of species boundaries, phylogenetic relationships, and genetic diversity in the mastiff bats (Molossus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 143: 106690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106690" year="2020">2020</bibRefCitation>
) and
<bibRefCitation id="B0524F157F56838F9B1E4F9C453664B3" DOI="10.1093/jmammal/gyab078" author="Montani ME &amp; Tomasco IH &amp; Barberis IM &amp; Romano MC &amp; Barquez RM &amp; Díaz MM" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Montani" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pagination="1426-1442" refId="B32" refString="Montani ME, Tomasco IH, Barberis IM, Romano MC, Barquez RM, Díaz MM (2021) A new species of Molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 14261442. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab078" title="A new species of Molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Argentina." volume="102" year="2021">Montani et al. (2021)</bibRefCitation>
. References: NA, not available; *: data from this study.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="A5274D1591FEE76BF1DDACEDE2A2EDA9">
<table id="TID0E5XBI" rules="all">
<tbody id="E7E5ED5258BD542A0E4799EDF2918CE0">
<tr id="69D58DEDEBC606DB5AF48B0C13A58B48">
<emphasis id="5318D0CBB9D765F4C3F742F7A0B79E25" bold="true">
<td id="D765BBD048AACABACD9AD8D35AA5BBF7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Species</td>
<td id="CE8B34E28C18E1823076B3D6579622AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Forearm (mm)</td>
<td id="72F9A5FC003BC1DB96ED8E7B00557C43" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal hair color</td>
<td id="F04BA3D53A8B4B5848AB950740087544" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal hair basal band</td>
<td id="D0F52BD261ACA4A47E1EB3121C53496B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">GLS with incisors (mm)</td>
<td id="5B5680491F8E2DFB79FCB03E33FB23D5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Upper incisors</td>
<td id="E4C144A1ED88E14AA3AA6D137C11A74B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Occipital region</td>
<td id="34749E8D68993DFA7CA04ABEB68F7747" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Infra-orbital foramen direction</td>
<td id="075C93D8B79E988F19AC25074B2FB3A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Format of rostrum</td>
</emphasis>
</tr>
<tr id="DAF5F04B783356992D3E4E1C5CB61529">
<td id="9859FF5EE033F9AEFC98B40131925C4C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="3846DEB8E670FBC1FD2E867271783758" authorityName="Gonzalez-Ruiz, Ramirez-Pulido &amp; Arroyo-Cabrales" authorityYear="2011" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alvarezi">
<emphasis id="10044BDE47F51AB3E719C8943CF9C6E7" italics="true">M. alvarezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td id="CB02453C29419AB5C102A7A0034CD5A8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 42</td>
<td id="2660EF993282666165587D91D93B416C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Chocolate (cocoa) brown</td>
<td id="AE552A046E6E32C10C44156B388CF93A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Large band (1 / 2)</td>
<td id="D16318E8BF452B2543E8B25D54737B80" colspan="1" rowspan="1">19.3 (19.020.1)</td>
<td id="A16CC0A05798F66EE81CA898068DC67C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="A7ECD2B5FCA48905B544BCBE3E707E63" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
<td id="368CFEEEB51CAD165A3FFBE52C3EE552" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="15D74D66611ABC7044D3E344A440A03C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr id="34347569EC77D74EDEF9F66E93242906">
<td id="1DAF5A0EECFFACB9EF9218E292E98019" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="D68E28456C04C4C521DE4A110328CCAB" authorityName="Saussure" authorityYear="1860" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aztecus">
<emphasis id="146DCAB82CD903DB797C25023B51ED92" italics="true">M. aztecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="B1B8AE9D2F685E3514F94F68B771C8A7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;42</td>
<td id="667EB782F114AB29935245B8BFB90E00" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark brown</td>
<td id="8BA508DDB97EFC57E8EE3494871EE8BD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Unicolor</td>
<td id="A14E5A6B3A4B8C6B6428897B6B8E1D84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.2 (16.518.3)</td>
<td id="2F91E762F17D1822C04FBCB5CB942C6F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Spatulated</td>
<td id="E7B5F13BE9CB057ADF09AECD7ECF9894" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="08202168DDDA8DAF220933FD89AF9C82" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="FC97298A42001FBB95C520C067916C47" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
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<tr id="7909C2C1DED7C263C78FF87E5089112B">
<td id="58263F22F221669F97C775D6AFD3CE15" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1AC0853BD6316E911C3D8FE121FF6877" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bondae">
<emphasis id="9B2B593F6647C31FFB87C59EBDE3135A" italics="true">M. bondae</emphasis>
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<td id="394D76241ACD8558F628518CD3A44097" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;44</td>
<td id="18CE0C1400760583655A1DBAE78E7A0E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark to reddish brown (coffee brown to blackish)</td>
<td id="813B18B286FB5BA1D64AA927F993F71B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Unicolor</td>
<td id="0BCE19C026F72556C361E15FBD9666E8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NA (17.319.4)</td>
<td id="B07A55B5C743F1F3B45ED6B1FD813011" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Spatulated</td>
<td id="B45A0C4F4D3EA1085C63A6CBC5B4055D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="C0367F36AA0EB88A4DA98C203013B2C0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="E52E455CFE267D9965C5F64A9605A8D3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NA</td>
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<tr id="1A74C2E8E07A66128D424FE4BE1F6A05">
<td id="917C03EA2AFEA6CD6D1FDBD2ADAE2563" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="FA0A87CDD979D6127701CC08CEF5429C" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="A55C42E30A487F468C3FD4891B513711" italics="true">M. coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="C093075FB8F3242F64FE6544F9309749" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;38</td>
<td id="EAACDA2B4EB77D81A64C985928CE5B96" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Medium to dark brown (cocoa brown to blackish)</td>
<td id="DD13833DA29A86012E11DCF195CD8C9F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Unicolor</td>
<td id="1CE514323705BA76807A9719CFF4653A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.0 (14.916.9)</td>
<td id="1CCD11F24EB308976C094B6DFE9FCAE1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Spatulated</td>
<td id="6FE0DF6F74606CBA8AC42C54A0CA817F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="E870BAA48916AAEB49A9DC9831D9AAE6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Frontal</td>
<td id="751884F53AB0705280C7709C279C585E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Square</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C8107460BA94F4E9349F3F098E8DFF6B">
<td id="DB2C935420C2D03F9E97F1EC9E797E2E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="862665D70407A04942B2F2B0233AEE85" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="currentium">
<emphasis id="A1064B15E9A64D42F5DBCFECDDE825F4" italics="true">M. currentium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="4CF9FDF232EF7F8EF5C2163518D50A6F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;45</td>
<td id="545E3DD1DEEB00FACAD3B8B7CCE693A7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark brown (coffee brown to blackish)</td>
<td id="A5619A1F10EE9F06D289D25CC827029D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor</td>
<td id="F36AA72AE009AD27D97EF3378A4704BE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.3 (17.919.4)</td>
<td id="856658BA14CEEC1AB51F41E3D47E96C5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Spatulated</td>
<td id="EF8BBA53E362DC1DE430F951A67AB36A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="9B4108D16AC41861931A5604DC5655E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="48D1B703B0D5000E6706194603A6FCFA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Square</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D6D4DB38C0EBCD66ADC13A5994726B04">
<td id="C8EB7437316762B1E68722EB6F92884B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="17128D6FF00981A3E788A3B4AD480DEE" authorityName="Loureiro, B. K. Lim &amp; Engstrom" authorityYear="2018" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fentoni">
<emphasis id="691B5076EC747907F948EB2F465D325B" italics="true">M. fentoni</emphasis>
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</td>
<td id="8571FF52A0491E6C25EE36D639C28F61" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;36</td>
<td id="9E18F18DF142673F8B67E8761F4FC486" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Medium to dark brown</td>
<td id="6AFFBA6554C9B97C0BD3B2B3833BAF6C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Short band (1 / 4)</td>
<td id="B08FCB793C1A470EC0CB7AD084D157B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">15.3 (15.216.8)</td>
<td id="FF28049D4D337361C3B94EC52853D766" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="25588DAC5000D533C8B2E250AEFE6828" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
<td id="AE1B5492F91BE87ED8B7BF083C1E3672" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="115BE8983CF19804395A8B9BECCAF132" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NA</td>
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<tr id="57B747C000AE05D8EFE2109E3567D294">
<td id="44480C2E822D578297CE00F4B3209FD5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="24169C5BCC5C0433A324CD4134D6E5BC" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fluminensis">
<emphasis id="D56B5FEEC993974F189374EC7FBC56FB" italics="true">M. fluminensis</emphasis>
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</td>
<td id="4C2CA27D4155A4215AFE4857B38DFDEE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 46</td>
<td id="060020DF990E2AEAA66F7A3466B32B25" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark brown to blackish</td>
<td id="728918A320E3CEA4A4DBAEFB06E2448F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Uni or bicolor. Short band (1 / 4)</td>
<td id="689D14CC276325CF49FD44E3DC6A6215" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NA (19.023.2)</td>
<td id="3AE23158EE6DF770AB98E3D715D97FA4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="33EA8DC5A157484CA680BEDF0BAB7A59" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="E343121834BBCC7EF073778A5CA90847" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="DC0BA4E5F9EC3EECB5FE8193A1FF9C79" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
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<tr id="3D09BF7B4A7C55CAF7722D82DBB94705">
<td id="47F0D01BE8A2C5C02F52171F5D683281" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F4B2B0528424226E81375D904C64BC37" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melini">
<emphasis id="BFA8EF6E176CAAC33609D692900349A2" italics="true">M. melini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="CD6290452350B5CD261E42474F8DB2B1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 41</td>
<td id="924732A5F2F1A0DBC82D89752A6B4282" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Orange to dark brown (yellow ocher, clay, cinnamon and grayish brown)</td>
<td id="89224395A38AC2C4C9D1590DAAAFC5C0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Short band (1 / 4)</td>
<td id="141AA65BECF5C402AC0F705B4350D814" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.7 (17.819.5)</td>
<td id="27E336E83887CCFD9661912EFDDFA195" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="F3F4C176C7642AE6F056B8B09D0FCCBD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
<td id="80673E99976DB862065A87FA13B66C08" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="4C2B5636F2EFC3D9167EBB73B9AEE39A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular *</td>
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<tr id="DC0C72353BC556C282D754C54B9C6839">
<td id="98C034BA42FD14A839EFD3B4D72042A3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="31F9CAB20708B5A24ACDF3422078F727" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1952" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="0FFAC3630943834C7D79F435CB24DB77" italics="true">M. milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="53698C4C49A67634D736C4DB1B5D9A8A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;40</td>
<td id="979654C05F7A7AFD740A09D1377888AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Medium to dark brown</td>
<td id="7ACAAB2C210E633DB8A3DD1DEC2833EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Variable band (1 / 41 / 2)</td>
<td id="4391C205EFC3CAA7B806E0E474AEA1A2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.1 (15.816.4)</td>
<td id="CA1D995C693325A863C6FDFF81B34A48" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="0B0915FB1392129A5DE0DEE47B14B900" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
<td id="B3D4793B55892DC0EF15447DAFABC09D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Frontal</td>
<td id="EFCFCC8EA759BD4A209B93A3770B010B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NA</td>
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<tr id="0B281FB6D50669C4E4FB8D3E14264A10">
<td id="E50CABB587FC0F4D31B52508DC0B69B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C9C0ABAFFCEF4476627BF1C9B417A9D7" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="molossus">
<emphasis id="F99EB45E43BC85FA4750BC3006857BB9" italics="true">M. molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="CF3BB55972653156AA5176761659A650" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;40</td>
<td id="C91C5E95AAADC9E657C1C0BACD1D20D6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Light to dark brown (cinnamon to cocoa and grayish brown)</td>
<td id="2518C9B16A08CC7DD8EA301EC1D60CF1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Variable band (1 / 41 / 2)</td>
<td id="32B602146352D73D4B722783DD00CB9A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.4 * (17.017.9) *</td>
<td id="3F297565AC8975B7891C2C9393E1ECE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="E11277B8B11ED13B72CF2058CCE072DC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
<td id="9B69ACE3E4CECB7055B5BB9E0A88CDF7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Frontal</td>
<td id="CDF07162901E108F113175951281D861" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Square</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8C3337D39948104833D6BCDC0ADC3978">
<td id="7A156E010C75B8C29549124E96D202E7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A05691B7F725576949FE81185806BA12" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricans">
<emphasis id="D0FE917B804A3D7D10BDA69A1F96701D" italics="true">M. nigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="7D0AD00EEFE26C38A76401247BEBBC19" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 47</td>
<td id="71965F77547762A32664280BAC4A81C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark brown to blackish</td>
<td id="58C6AEAD0BE982C46F363F1E48E2B39F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Uni or bicolor. Short band (1 / 4)</td>
<td id="9AF2F4AD954C8790A3D45A98DEECB3BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.124.1</td>
<td id="5A6A1A3E716185FFACD853AFF1BF70BB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="EFE299C8898E3809CA2D597EF44A03BE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="260F8DB46362A291EC3E8ABF225A858C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="A8E260697CC6CCB8E425D55AF36F8BA4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1128598F3B72553491B61AB9B98F091A">
<td id="F296672FF7AFFB8719DAE8CD34D76D49" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="7AFECE4C1EE13EF2395603A123BB12E2" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="47C0B973785A3C8B5CD415F42B295385" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="CEF9CDFDFEECD8CF038B7751F724EC90" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 39 *</td>
<td id="19ED15A2E2E8413E9CAB1709608838BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Medium brown (cinnamon to grayish brown) *</td>
<td id="BAA674D58636A79E92E11E50B8F38C2D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Variable band (1 / 41 / 2) *</td>
<td id="C1F3D49B31711323777520F81802278E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.5 (17.319.2) *</td>
<td id="87DD6431FE18FDD01A052072D6B63C98" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like *</td>
<td id="78345B33EEB4390AA0A515B49EFCBE28" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular *</td>
<td id="5BF9C23A9D4F713BA635B5E0779DFA5E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Frontal *</td>
<td id="434141F1106CC003614202B87D963398" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular *</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8C7D3513E0C11A81704D14530BBC3778">
<td id="CB62296834DEFF5198725D51FC06F963" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C22242D33491B64E6A9C91177C5CEB24" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretiosus">
<emphasis id="C2F0BD8D02D5A1AFA143328D7D5ED163" italics="true">M. pretiosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="4183C5190600B139FC9BDD64B1AC7E37" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 44</td>
<td id="C3F59D8BDA337AA35949431A45E467EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark brown to blackish or reddish (burnt umber to tawny)</td>
<td id="75A98C409477DB0D7853187D5E237CFE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Uni or Bbicolor. Short band (1 / 3)</td>
<td id="44E3954FB06BDA2330A818A356F2AC79" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.5 (18.922.4)</td>
<td id="7862506BCDD452A2ECB768B76F644316" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Spatulated</td>
<td id="DFC1BA80E4CD464EA7D7166BA48964CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="6C4282ED06875999C8EB9B809810EFE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="2C92F33D2824F485B91905D73E803677" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Square</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5A01CC010A97F2A943DBEE699834C7A4">
<td id="949B2681CF131EF1F6BA50390A10A4B9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="38408C221382EF72718E0EB81D1C405C" authorityName="E. Geoffroy" authorityYear="1805" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="A84C7DE312CACF0ECDCB9994AF596C6D" italics="true">M. rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="717CD032E4278639853A351FA476BCC5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 46</td>
<td id="71E1546CD37EF1030E1C1FBD21A0B18A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark brown to blackish</td>
<td id="050E3D99DA9F4FF23DBE00C008589C1B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Uni or bicolor. Short band (1 / 4)</td>
<td id="1FAF873F2AF9C4FA19F5609CEF021420" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22.1 (19.923.8)</td>
<td id="7A21C356C7999AAAA0942684939D5F5C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="1546D45FD643C070692D301A22B78EF1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
<td id="64C3AA952A526E34B14BDAE78DA348FE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="A0234C58795D11F2910010181CF59025" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B94DFE73450CF6B4213EC3126343942F">
<td id="10A65D4850304DB20139CB2B2AE055D5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="23111598DFA67CEB3EE582CC6E690581" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinaloae">
<emphasis id="BE1FFB4EA62DC6BFA94B1A4279C69FFB" italics="true">M. sinaloae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="48706BB50A0E82748CC6C10E16F162AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 46</td>
<td id="2842753BDF2CA7FA4D1977C0C36FA80A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dull, dark brown</td>
<td id="6AB807D59CE0B649E4084E30085B1343" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Large band (2 / 3)</td>
<td id="617209D85753F943CD15844ACC1D8A49" colspan="1" rowspan="1">21.0 (19.422.4)</td>
<td id="0FCBCAC05A1AAEC59CC928A1DEFB929D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="AD3E1677DFF8125FFA6437C4ACFA9FF1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
<td id="9732DFE27C95EAB0A4E4A2E2264AB769" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lateral</td>
<td id="03163BD9BE2C729905BD8671AF4F32A8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DBF8067B26C7C646F79FB22AA0184C5D">
<td id="DB6E5F771D782287784AE0FF8A4C4972" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="B27FA0F0B003F216032E89F2AF83B254" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verrilli">
<emphasis id="6C5E89E2E8A49DBF7A30020DE7A83DDE" italics="true">M. verrilli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="8D30C80F6992587104A03245706633F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;41</td>
<td id="42D7BEB5E74DB029449680F9281D553B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Medium to dark brown</td>
<td id="34F410A2C2FC25951D963A48ED68C9FB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bicolor. Large band (1 / 2)</td>
<td id="15CE77636B1BD6D30837F7F163EF111A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.2 (17.017.4)</td>
<td id="030F2E3D83D89F6407E8C5EC7B451B44" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pincer-like</td>
<td id="46F357597C08107C9A1AD382CFB65067" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
<td id="3B71940B9464EF2ABB302DCABB1E21C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Frontal</td>
<td id="7651D733BB5AD1B50F908873E843A0DD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NA</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="896E897D626F80364B068C1EE986B32B">
<taxonomicName id="C2FCABB71EE2B5C741F895AC803DC2F7" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="5BA6B0FDC2D6F8BEF013DE3E47115A3A" italics="true">Molossus paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be readily differentiated from larger-sized
<taxonomicName id="FD46F54470397A58EFA8027C00A45526" authorityName="E. Geoffroy" authorityYear="1805" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ECBC59BA06BC6DEDE7327DE337754878" italics="true">Molossus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as
<taxonomicName id="02ADC85ADF9844C72747C49CCD71C082" authorityName="Gonzalez-Ruiz, Ramirez-Pulido &amp; Arroyo-Cabrales" authorityYear="2011" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alvarezi">
<emphasis id="58D790B2B28A3588B3AC9022E39660B6" italics="true">M. alvarezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B389B60B3C3CCAB256E935CC2FCCF82C" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fluminensis">
<emphasis id="3F9B54D4C3ABCF55AD7802E31A423D46" italics="true">M. fluminensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="753FB118BE8915F2DCD6D6640FC0103A" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricans">
<emphasis id="3765031934441BAEBEB598402D866E9C" italics="true">M. nigricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="102D33D3D2AF8CBA21A00ECE1FF5A4ED" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretiosus">
<emphasis id="43FB7C1EFA5D4D629B1BF5F3DAA4CF46" italics="true">M. pretiosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0BB45F925FE1889A7A5DA680A060AD59" authorityName="E. Geoffroy" authorityYear="1805" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="FF441125BA00E88B6BFB979AB60602FA" italics="true">M. rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="D88712C08E39A91E22CB11D44E36E94C" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinaloae">
<emphasis id="CD4CEF0D999B2119478583FC7089554C" italics="true">M. sinaloae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, all of which have forearm longer than
<quantity id="EA2186DD75119FF2DDB96D86CA7FB60D" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.279999999999999" unit="mm" value="42.8">42.8 mm</quantity>
and dorsal color in general dark brown. Furthermore, among large-sized species,
<taxonomicName id="09DA9D9BB4267308BDCBCAAB2CE4FF43" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="1E2EF80405994CE6E64B342BCACBF121" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in sympatry only with
<taxonomicName id="3B5F12733D8EF1C49F59513D2186D394" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fluminensis">
<emphasis id="847248F160673A11CF72ECBF8A112341" italics="true">M. fluminensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Finally,
<taxonomicName id="A9DCB12531BC9C413BDC33BFDAD8A9C9" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="F375C6C6A7D27CD311F063EDCE15C806" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="204D3AF1331E32C9662BC37A10913C95" authorityName="Saussure" authorityYear="1860" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aztecus">
<emphasis id="11BC24DA192E685D6E682B65451F2588" italics="true">M. aztecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F8862D0731E599AED6B7AF9F60614D15" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="58A8D3CE508D442D6B7356705873AAA5" italics="true">M. coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CCAAE1E7671C5FAF1E83586F80E98402" authorityName="Loureiro, B. K. Lim &amp; Engstrom" authorityYear="2018" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fentoni">
<emphasis id="122D7573FE28D405DE02A4E460571BDF" italics="true">M. fentoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="D5D8C0DBCD153E5924BA711396B3957E" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1952" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="205EE2454B61DBBFB767FE4DC183EA27" italics="true">M. milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
due to its larger forearm (see Table
<tableCitation id="5207012102FB6DFA1E450BBED002E355" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Diagnostic external and cranial characters for each Molossus species following Loureiro et al. (2018 b, 2019, 2020) and Montani et al. (2021). References: NA, not available; *: data from this study." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/962C8BB8B8BBCA81DB8AC9946906D2AC" tableUuid="962C8BB8B8BBCA81DB8AC9946906D2AC">2</tableCitation>
). Additionally,
<taxonomicName id="44E0F7862FD527F746F7470A389779A6" authorityName="Saussure" authorityYear="1860" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aztecus">
<emphasis id="879F5FE4A1D7DD2F068E8E373D52067D" italics="true">M. aztecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5427C6A11F6664F2E128ADDD0F0E61B2" authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coibensis">
<emphasis id="F3C5A62516EBF9B51A2178772032FACF" italics="true">M. coibensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibit unicolored dorsal hairs, spatulated upper incisors, and a quadrangular occipital region, while
<taxonomicName id="C1B0D6DB4148537B87D5433FD8CB2017" authorityName="Loureiro, B. K. Lim &amp; Engstrom" authorityYear="2018" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fentoni">
<emphasis id="9810C4F07038BE682C2F4AE7F4893AAE" italics="true">M. fentoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="47778CCF60A36C652AC41DCD81903B87" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1952" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="milleri">
<emphasis id="574899ACAAE2CF82F2CE3BF5EC64A0AF" italics="true">M. milleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are characterized by their dark fur. The external and cranial differences distinguishing
<taxonomicName id="13C0102DBDA86BDF76E25D3135264C91" authorityName="Chambi Velasquez &amp; Pavé &amp; Argoitia &amp; Schierloh &amp; Piccirilli &amp; Colombo &amp; Beltrán &amp; Cisterna &amp; Caraballo" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Molossidae" genus="Molossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paranaensis">
<emphasis id="87958606B26D67B696DF0A3F615D76AC" italics="true">M. paranaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the other
<taxonomicName id="AAEF8CF4F25294C0E7836AF90C60A4CC">
<emphasis id="8E8DDF3EEA154253213ED26B093FCE9C" italics="true">Molossus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
are presented in Table
<tableCitation id="1AD3506DCABDA63BFA9488D0C0A06E8E" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Diagnostic external and cranial characters for each Molossus species following Loureiro et al. (2018 b, 2019, 2020) and Montani et al. (2021). References: NA, not available; *: data from this study." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/962C8BB8B8BBCA81DB8AC9946906D2AC" tableUuid="962C8BB8B8BBCA81DB8AC9946906D2AC">2</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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