Authority citation: Burmeister, H. 1854. Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens, welche während einer Reise durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas geraës gesammelt oder beobachtet wurden. Erster Theil. Säugethiere (Mammalia). Georg Reimer, Berlin, 341 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13548276
Original name as described: Dysopes Temminckii
Nominal names: temminckii (Burmeister, 1854) | hirtipes (Winge, 1893) [nomen nudum] | temmincki (Lahille, 1899) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | sylvia O. Thomas, 1924 | teminckii Mares, Willig, Streilein, & Lacher, 1981 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | temninckii Coimbra, M. M. Borges, D. Q. Guerra, & D. A. Mello, 1982 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Molossidae -- Subfamily: Molossinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: IZH M124, ZMB 5458
Type locality: "Lagoa Santa," Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Colombia (COL) | Venezuela (VEN) | Guyana (GUY) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER) | Brazil (BRA) | Bolivia (BOL) | Paraguay (PRY) | Argentina (ARG) | Uruguay (URY)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included M. griseiventer
Citation: Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Martínez-Medina, D., Ossa-López, P. A., & Rivera-Páez, F. A. (2023). Revising the diversity within the Dwarf Dog-faced Bat, Molossops temminckii (Chiroptera, Molossidae), with the revalidation of the endangered Molossops griseiventer. ZooKeys, 1180, 237-256.
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