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--> FAMILY Molossidae
--> SUBFAMILY Molossinae
GENUS Chaerephon
Author: | Dobson, 1874. | Citation: | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 43: 144. | Type Species: | Molossus (Nyctinomus) johorensis Dobson, 1873. | Comments: | Formerly included in Tadarida but apparently distinct, see Freeman (1981). Recognized as a subgenus of Tadarida by Hill (1983), Legendre (1984), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Peterson et al. (1995). Keys have been provided by a number of authors; see Taylor (1999) for a critical summary of those used for African species, and Corbet and Hill (1992) for SE Asian species. Also see Bouchard (1998), but note that her key apparently includes errors in the first two couplets (M. Happold, pers. comm.). Species groups follow Koopman (1994). |
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