Cynomops is a genus of Central and South American dog-faced bats in the family Molossidae.[1] It has sometimes been considered a subgenus of Molossops. It contains the following species:
- Cinnamon dog-faced bat (C. abrasus)
- Freeman's dog-faced bat (C. freemani)
- Greenhall's dog-faced bat (C. greenhalli)
- Cynomops kuizha[2]
- Cynomops mastivus (C. mastivus)
- Mexican dog-faced bat (C. mexicanus)
- Miller’s dog-faced bat (C. milleri)
- Para dog-faced bat (C. paranus)
- Southern dog-faced bat (C. planirostris)
- Waorani dog-faced bat (C. tonkigui)
Cynomops | |
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Preserved C. abrasus specimen in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Molossidae |
Genus: | Cynomops Thomas, 1920 |
Type species | |
Molossus cerastes Thomas, 1901 | |
Species | |
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Phylogeny
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Phylogeny of Cynomops[3][4] |
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