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Mato Grosso dog faced bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Chiroptera

Genus
  
Molossops

Higher classification
  
Molossops

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Molossidae

Scientific name
  
Molossops mattogrossensis

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Molossops, Free‑tailed bat, Bat, Mammal, Cynomops

The Mato Grosso dog-faced bat (Molossops mattogrossensis), is a bat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela. Its subgenus Neoplatymops has sometimes been considered a separate genus. If so it would belong to a monotypic genus.

References

Mato Grosso dog-faced bat Wikipedia