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Cynomops
Preserved C. abrasus specimen in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Cynomops
Thomas, 1920
Type species
Molossus cerastes
Thomas, 1901
Species

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Cynomops is a genus of Central and South American dog-faced bats in the family Molossidae.[1] It has sometimes been considered a subgenus of Molossops. It contains the following species:


Phylogeny

Cynomops
Phylogeny of Cynomops[3][4]
Skull of Cynomops planirostris

References

  1. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 436–437. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Pskhun (2021-04-18). "Species New to Science: [Mammalogy • 2021] Cynomops kuizha • A New Species of Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the northwestern Slope of the Andes". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ^ Peters, Sandra L; Lim, Burton K; Engstrom, Mark D (2002). "Systematics of Dog-Faced Bats (Cynomops) Based on Molecular and Morphometric Data". Journal of Mammalogy. 83 (4): 1097. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<1097:SODFBC>2.0.CO;2.
  4. ^ Moras, Ligiane M.; Gregorin, Renato; Sattler, Thomas; Tavares, Valéria da C. (2018). "Uncovering the diversity of dog-faced bats of the genus Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the redescription of C. milleri and the description of two new species". Mammalian Biology. 89 (1): 37–51. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2017.12.005.