Aztec mastiff bat

Aztec mastiff bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Molossus
Species: M. aztecus
Binomial name
Molossus aztecus
Saussure, 1860
Aztec mastiff bat range

The Aztec mastiff bat (Molossus aztecus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.[2] It is found from Jalisco and Cozumel Island in southern Mexico to Nicaragua (it has been reported from Guatemala but not from El Salvador or Honduras) in a variety of forest habitats at elevations from near sea level to 1300 m.[1] It has also been reported from southern Venezuela.[1] The species' diet is insectivorous.[1]

Source

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sampaio, E., Lim, B., Peters, S., Perez, S. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). Molossus aztecus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. Simmons, N. B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.