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SPECIES Molossus aztecus
Author: | Saussure, 1860. | Citation: | Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, Ser. 2, 12: 285. | Common Name: | Aztec Mastiff Bat | Type Locality: | Mexico, Tlaxcala, Amecameca, at the foot of Popocatepetl. | Distribution: | Jalisco (Mexico) to Nicaragua; Cozumel Isl (Mexico); S Venezuela. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Included in molossus by Koopman (1993, 1994), but see Dolan (1989). The Venezuela record is from Lim and Engstrom (2001). Also see López-González and Presley (2001). |
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