Results of the Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. IV. A New Species of Bat of the Genus Molossops (Mammalia: Molossidae)

Authors

Stephen L. Williams, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Hugh H. Genoways, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

12-24-1980

Citation

Annals of Carnegie Museum (December 24, 1980) 49 (article 25): 487-498.

Comments

Copyright 1980, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Used by permission.

Abstract

A new species of molossid bat of the genus Molossops is described from Suriname. The new species is a member of the subgenus Molossops where it is distinguished from the other two member species, temminckii and aequatorianus, by larger external and cranial size. A single specimen of the species was taken in northern Suriname in an area of savannah and secondary forest.