Molossops neglectus Williams and Genoways, 1980

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Molossops neglectus Williams and Genoways, 1980

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Taxonomy. Both species of Molossops Peters, 1866 are found in Brazil: M. neglectus Williams & Genoways, 1980 and M. temminckii (Burmeister, 1854) ( Eger 2008, Nogueira et al. 2014). The external characters that distinguish these species are cited by many authors ( Williams and Genoways 1980, Ascorra et al. 1991b, Lim and Engstrom 2001, Gregorin and Taddei 2002, Gregorin et al. 2004, Eger 2008, Barquez et al. 2011). Molossops neglectus is larger than M. temminckii (forearm> 34.8 mm in M. neglectus and <33 mm in M. temminckii ); and the ventral fur is darker and slightly lighter than dorsum in M. neglectus , and frosted or markedly lighter than dorsum in M. temminckii . The PECB specimen (ZSP 016; see Table 8 for measurements) have general reddish dark-brown dorsal fur with paler base; and light brown ventral fur, slightly paler than dorsum. Additionally, the muzzle is flat, ears are small, triangular and separated, the antitragus is small and rounded, and upper incisors are separated and resemble canines in shape.

Distribution. In Brazil, the species is recorded in the Amazon, Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes, in Amazonas, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo states ( Gregorin and Loureiro 2011, Reis et al. 2017). In São Paulo, almost all the few records are distributed on the east region of the state ( Garbino 2016).

Field observations. A pregnant female was captured in November in a mist-net elevated 8 m over a trail in sampling site M7 (Appendix 1).