Molossinae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Molossoidea
Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genera: Chaerephon - Cheiromeles - Cynomops - Eumops - Molossops - Molossus - Mops - Mormopterus - Myopterus - Nyctinomops - Otomops - Platymops - Promops - Sauromys - Tadarida

Name

Molossinae Gervais, 1856

Synonyms

* Cheiromelinae Legendre, 1984
* Tadaridinae Legendre, 1984

References

* Gervais, 1856. In Comte de Castelnau, Exped. Partes Cen. Am. Sud., Zool.(Sec. 7), Vol. 1(pt. 2 (Mammiferes)): 53 footnote.
* Molossinae on Mammal species of the World.
Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Free-tailed Bats.