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. MoloxKulie. 



Genus 172. >l<»losMUS. 



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

 Type Molossus rufus E. Geoff roy. 

 Dysopes Illig., Prodr. Syst. ]\Iamm. et Av., 181 1, p. 122. 



1188. Molossus rufus E. Geoffrov. 



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

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

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 619, figs. 122, xcix. Zool. Ser. 

 Molossus tirshms 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- 3^8. 

 Dysopes alhus 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. 



(I. .Molossuft ri(fits ohscK r/is (E. Geoffroy). 



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



P- 155- 

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



1805, p. 155. 

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

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

 Molossus fuliginosus Gray, Mag. Zool. Bot., 11, 1838, p. 501. 

 Dysopes olivaceo-juscits Wagn., Abh. Akad. Mlinch., v, 1844, p. 



202. 

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

 Molossus aztecus Sauss., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., xii, i860, 



p. 285. 

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



F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 620. Zool. Ser. 



