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--> FAMILY Molossidae
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--> GENUS Molossus
SPECIES Molossus currentium
Author: | Thomas, 1901. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 8: 438. | Common Name: | Thomas's Mastiff Bat | Type Locality: | Argentina, Corrientes, Goya. | Distribution: | Honduras to Costa Rica; E Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela; Amazonian Brazil; Paraguay and N Argentina. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as M. bondae. | Comments: | This species was formerly known as bondae, but currentium (previously listed as a junior synonym of molossus) is an earlier name; see López-González and Presley (2001). Subspecies nomenclature revised by López-González and Presley (2001). Also see Burnett et al. (2001). |
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