Molossus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805. Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris 6: 151.
Vespertilio molossus Pallas, 1766
Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray, 1839.
Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 6.
Keel-nosed Mastiff Bat
tropidorhynchus Gray, 1839:
fuliginosus Gray, 1838 [not Cooper, 1837];
milleri Johnson, 1952.
Cuba, restricted to Havana by Silva-Taboada (1976)
Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Isls
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Not Evaluated (raised from synonymy).
References:
Amaro-Valdés, S., and L.F. De Armas. 2024. The true taxonomic identity of the mastiff bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae: Molossus) from Cuba, Cayman Islands and Jamaica. Zootaxa 5453(3): 448-450. Read abstract.
Gray, J.E. 1839. Descriptions of some Mammalia discovered in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay Esq. Annals of Natural History 4(1840): 1-7. Read article.
Johnson, D.H. 1952. A new name for the Jamaican bat Molossus fuliginosus Gray. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 65: 197-198. Read article.
Loureiro, L.O., B.K. Lim, and M.D. Engstrom. 2018. A new species of mastiff bat (Chiroptera, Molossidae, Molossus) from Guyana and Ecuador. Mammalian Biology 90(2018): 10-21. Read abstract.
Loureiro, L.O., M. Engstrom, B. Lim, C. López González, and J. Juste. 2019. Not all Molossus are created equal: genetic variation in the mastiff bat reveals diversity masked by conservative morphology. Acta Chiropterologica 21(1): 51-64. Read abstract.
Silva-Taboada, G. 1976. La localidad tipo de algunos murciélagos cubanos descritos en el siglo XIX. . Miscelánea Zoológica 5: 2-3. Not available online.
Previously included in molossus, but distinct; see Loureiro et al. (2018, 2019). See Amaro-Valdés and Armas (2024) for use of the name tropidorhynchus Gray, 1839 in place of milleri Johnson, 1952.