Molossus pretiosus

G. S. Miller, 1902

Miller's Mastiff Bat

Also as Miller's Free-tailed Bat.
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Location:Nicaragua, Rivas department, near El OstionalDate taken:20 March 2016Description:Also as Miller's Free-tailed Bat.

Distribution :

Guerrero, Oaxaca (Mexico); Nicaragua to Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5885

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Molossidae
Subfamily: Molossinae
Genus: Molossus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-09-12. Twenty new American bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(2):389-412.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309527

Original name as described

Molossus pretiosus

Other common names

Miller's Free-tailed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:102761

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ffaf77b-e70b-4289-97bc-3b8932e255d1

Type locality

"La Guaira [Distrito Federal], Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005204

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Molossus pretiosus

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pretiosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:102761

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

La Guaira, Venezuela

Type locality

Venezuela: La Guaira.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ffaf77b-e70b-4289-97bc-3b8932e255d1

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309527

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1913:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17072)
Sanborn (1932:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52371682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34803)
Corbet & Hill (1980:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Freeman (1981:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
Hall (1981:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Villalobos-Chaves & Santana (2022:1692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13649/22106312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Molossus pretiosus pretiosus:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Molossidae

Root name

pretiosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

254

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Koopman (1994:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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