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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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