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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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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES currentium

SUBSPECIES bondae

SUBSPECIES robustus

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