NOCTILIO. MOLOSSUS. 495 







MUSKY BAT. 



Type locality. Island of St. Croix, West Indies. 



Geogr. Distr. Islands of Jamaica, Mona and St. Croix, West 

 Indies, and in South America, to Brazil. 



Family III. Molossidse. 



Genus 172. Molossus. 



Molossus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vi, 1805, p. 151. 



Type Molossus rufus E. Geoffrey. 

 Dysopes Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 1811, p. 122. 



1188. Molossus rufus E. Geoffroy. 



Molossus rufus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vi, 1805, 

 p. 155. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 619, figs. 122, xcix. Zool. Ser. 

 Molossus wm'm/s Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 58, pi. 



xxv, fig. 4. 



Dysopes alecto Temm., Mon. Mamm., i, 1827, p. 231. 

 Dysopes holosericeus Wagn., Archiv f. Naturg., 1843, P- 368. 

 Dysopes albus Wagn., Archiv f. Naturg., 1843, P- 368. 

 RUFOUS MASTIFF BAT. 



Type locality. Paraguay, South America. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Mexico, through Central America to Para- 

 guay and Bolivia. 



a. Molossiix rit.f7/N ttbscuTit'S (E. Geoffroy). 



Molossus obscurus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vi, 1805, 



P- 155- 

 Molossus longicaudatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vi, 



jSos, p. 155. 



Molossus acaticaudatus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 116. 

 Dysopes velooc Temm., Mon. Mamm., i, 1827, p. 234. 

 Molossus fuliginosus Gray, Mag. Zool. Bot., n, 1838, p. 501. 

 Dysopes olivaceo-fuscus Wagn., Abh. Akad. Munch., v, 1844, p. 



202. 



Dysopes fumarius Burm., Thier. Bras., i, 1854, p. 71. 

 Molossus aztecus Sauss., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., xn, 1860, 



p. 285. 

 Molossus rufus obscurus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. ii, 1904, p. 620. Zool. Ser. 



