Molossidae

**Molossidae**
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Instance of	taxon;
Different from	Molossian;
Common name
	English: Free-tailed bat; العربية: هيعريات; مصرى: خفاش حر الذيل; Kotava: Vesnol; azərbaycanca: Buldoqkimilər; български: Булдогови прилепи; català: Molòssids; čeština: Tadaridovití; Deutsch: Bulldoggfledermäuse; فارسی: خفاشان دم‌آزاد; suomi: Doggilepakot; עברית: אשפיים; हिन्दी: मुक्त-पूँछ चमगादड़; magyar: Szelindekdenevérek; հայերեն: բուլդոկակերպ չղջիկներ; Bahasa Indonesia: Kelelawar ekor bebas; 日本語: オヒキコウモリ科; қазақша: Иттұмсықты жарқанаттар; قازاقشا (تٴوتە): بۋلدوگتى جارقاناتتار; қазақша (кирил): Бульдогты жарқанаттар; qazaqşa (latın): Bwlʹdogtı jarqanattar; 한국어: 큰귀박쥐과; lietuvių: Buldoginiai šikšnosparniai; norsk bokmål: tryneflaggermusfamilien; Nederlands: Bulvleermuizen; norsk: Tryneflaggermusfamilien; Diné bizaad: Jaaʼabaní bitseeʼ dahólónígíí; polski: Molosowate; پنجابی: ازاد پوچھلی چمگادڑ; português: Molossídeos; русский: Бульдоговые летучие мыши; slovenščina: trdouhci; svenska: Veckläppade fladdermöss; українська: Молосові; Tiếng Việt: Họ Dơi thò đuôi; 中文: 犬吻蝠科; 中文（中国大陆）: 犬吻蝠科; 中文（简体）: 犬吻蝠科; 中文（繁體）: 犬吻蝠科; 中文（香港）: 犬吻蝠科; 中文（臺灣）: 犬吻蝠科;
Taxonomy
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theriiformes
Superlegion	Trechnotheria
Infralegion	Boreosphenida
Subclass	Theria
Clade	Eutheria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Magnorder	Boreoeutheria
Superorder	Laurasiatheria
Clade	Apo-Chiroptera
Order	Chiroptera
Suborder	Microchiroptera
Family	Molossidae
Taxon author	Paul Gervais, 1855
Authority file
	Q737399; NCBI taxonomy ID: 9436; ITIS TSN: 180077; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 7644; Fossilworks taxon ID: 40693; GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 5719; MSW ID: 13801559; Fauna Europaea ID: 12629; Plazi ID: C11B87BD-FF87-BF1E-9994-FF3DFA307471, 4F19FC10-FF01-FF32-FCBA-2656FC358CAB; EPPO Code: 1MOLOF; iNaturalist taxon ID: 41226; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 1053; ADW taxon ID: Molossidae; IRMNG ID: 104635
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; KML file; Search depicted; Files depicting this taxon;

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Chiroptera • Subordo: Microchiroptera • Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea • Familia: Molossidae Gervais, 1856

Vernacular names

English: Free-tailed bat
Deutsch: Bulldoggfledermäuse
lietuvių: Buldoginiai šikšnosparniai

Included genera (for Mammal Species of the World (2005), 27 July 2012):

Chaerephon, Cheiromeles, Cynomops, Eumops, Molossops, Molossus, Mops (genus), Mormopterus, Myopterus, Nyctinomops, Otomops, Platymops, Promops, Sauromys, Tadarida, Tomopeas

Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: Molossidae Gervais, 1856

Fossilworks PaleoDB link: Molossidae Gervais 1856

ITIS link: Molossidae Gervais, 1856

IUCN link: Molossidae threatened species

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Chaerephon (cat.)

Cheiromeles (cat.)

Cheiromeles parvidens (cat.)

Cheiromeles torquatus (cat.)

Cynomops (cat.)

Eumops (cat.)

E.p.perotis

E.p.californicus

E.p.gigas

Eumops trumbulli (cat.)

Eumops underwoodi (cat.)

Molossops (cat.)

Molossus (cat.)

M.c.currentium

M.c.bondae

M.c.robustus

Mops (cat.)

Mops midas (cat.)

Mops mops (cat.)

Mops nanulus (cat.)

Mops trevori (cat.)

Mormopterus (cat.)

Myopterus (cat.)

Myopterus daubentonii (cat.)

Myopterus whitleyi (cat.)

Nyctinomops (cat.)

Otomops (cat.)

Platymops (cat.)

Platymops setiger (cat.)

Promops (cat.)

Promops centralis (cat.)

Promops nasutus (cat.)

Sauromys (cat.)

Sauromys petrophilus (cat.)

Tadarida (cat.)

T.b.brasiliensis

T.b.antillularum

T.b.bahamensis

T.b.constanzae

t.b.cynocephala

T.b.intermedia

T.b.mexicana

T.b.murina

T.b.muscula

Tomopeas (cat.)

Tomopeas ravus (cat.)

More than one species

Chaerephon (cat.)

Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (cat.)

Chaerephon ansorgei (cat.)

Chaerephon bemmeleni (cat.)

Chaerephon bivittatus (cat.)

Chaerephon bregullae (cat.)

Chaerephon chapini (cat.)

Chaerephon gallagheri (cat.)

Chaerephon jobensis (cat.)

Chaerephon johorensis (cat.)

Chaerephon leucogaster (cat.)

Chaerephon major (cat.)

Chaerephon nigeriae (cat.)

Chaerephon plicatus (cat.)

Chaerephon pumilus (cat.)

Chaerephon russatus (cat.)

Chaerephon shortridgei (cat.)

Chaerephon solomonis (cat.)

Chaerephon tomensis (cat.)

Cheiromeles (cat.)

Cheiromeles parvidens (cat.)

Cheiromeles torquatus (cat.)

Cynomops (cat.)

Cynomops abrasus (cat.)

Cynomops greenhalli (cat.)

Cynomops mexicanus (cat.)

Cynomops paranus (cat.)

Cynomops planirostris (cat.)

Eumops (cat.)

Eumops auripendulus (cat.)

Eumops bonariensis (cat.)

Eumops dabbenei (cat.)

Eumops glaucinus (cat.)

Eumops hansae (cat.)

Eumops maurus (cat.)

Eumops patagonicus (cat.)

Eumops perotis (cat.)

Eumops trumbulli (cat.)

Eumops underwoodi (cat.)

Molossops (cat.)

Molossops aequatorianus (cat.)

Molossops mattogrossensis (cat.)

Molossops neglectus (cat.)

Molossops temminckii (cat.)

Molossus (cat.)

Molossus aztecus (cat.)

Molossus barnesi (cat.)

Molossus coibensis (cat.)

Molossus currentium (cat.)

Molossus molossus (cat.)

Molossus pretiosus (cat.)

Molossus rufus (cat.)

Molossus sinaloae (cat.)

Mops (cat.)

Mops brachypterus (cat.)

Mops condylurus (cat.)

Mops congicus (cat.)

Mops demonstrator (cat.)

Mops leucostigma (cat.)

Mops midas (cat.)

Mops mops (cat.)

Mops nanulus (cat.)

Mops niangarae (cat.)

Mops niveiventer (cat.)

Mops petersoni (cat.)

Mops sarasinorum (cat.)

Mops spurrelli (cat.)

Mops thersites (cat.)

Mops trevori (cat.)

Mormopterus (cat.)

Mormopterus acetabulosus (cat.)

Mormopterus beccarii (cat.)

Mormopterus doriae (cat.)

Mormopterus jugularis (cat.)

Mormopterus kalinowskii (cat.)

Mormopterus loriae (cat.)

Mormopterus minutus (cat.)

Mormopterus norfolkensis (cat.)

Mormopterus phrudus (cat.)

Mormopterus planiceps (cat.)