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--> GENUS Molossus
SPECIES Molossus barnesi
Author: | Thomas, 1905. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 15: 584. | Common Name: | Barnes's Mastiff Bat | Type Locality: | French Guiana, Cayenne. | Distribution: | French Guiana. | Status: | IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001). | Comments: | Placed in coibensis by Dolan (1989) and considered a subspecies of molossus by Koopman (1993, 1994), but clearly distinct, see Simmons and Voss (1998). Sometimes spelled burnesi (e.g., Freeman, 1981), but the correct spelling is barnesi; see Cabrera (1958), Carter and Dolan (1978), and Simmons and Voss (1998). |
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