''Cynomops'' is a genus of Central and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

n dog-faced bats in the family Molossidae. It has sometimes been considered a subgenus of ''

Molossops ''Molossops'' (meaning: false molossus bat) is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae. The four member species are found in nearly every country of South America, with the dwarf dog-faced bat being found in the most countries. It contains ...

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Cinnamon dog-faced bat The cinnamon dog-faced bat (''Cynomops abrasus''), is a South American bat species of the family Molossidae. It is found in northern and central South America. Taxonomy The bat belongs to the genus ''Cynomops'', which was recently split from ...

(''C. abrasus'') *

Freeman's dog-faced bat The Freeman’s dog-faced bat (''Cynomops freemani''), is a Central American bat species of the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Panama. References Cynomops Mammals described in 2018 Bats of Central America {{Molossidae-stub ...

(''C. freemani'') *

Greenhall's dog-faced bat Greenhall's dog-faced bat (''Cynomops greenhalli'') is a South American bat species of the family Molossidae. It is found in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, northeastern Brazil and Trinidad. It is an insect-eating bat, ...

(''C. greenhalli'') * ''

Cynomops kuizha ''Cynomops'' is a genus of Central and South American dog-faced bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable o ...

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Cynomops mastivus ''Cynomops'' is a genus of Central and South American dog-faced bats in the family Molossidae. It has sometimes been considered a subgenus of '' Molossops''. It contains the following species: * Cinnamon dog-faced bat (''C. abrasus'') * Freem ...

'' (''C. mastivus'') *

Mexican dog-faced bat The Mexican dog-faced bat (''Cynomops mexicanus'') is a bat species of the family Molossidae from Central America. It is found from Nayarit in Mexico to Costa Rica at elevations up to 1500 m. It was formerly considered a subspecies of '' C. gre ...

(''C. mexicanus'') * Miller’s dog-faced bat (''C. milleri'') *

Para dog-faced bat The Para dog-faced bat (''Cynomops paranus''), also called the brown dog-faced bat, is a South American bat species of the family Molossidae. It is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, and ...

(''C. paranus'') *

Southern dog-faced bat The southern dog-faced bat (''Cynomops planirostris''), is a bat species of the family Molossidae. It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname Suriname (; s ...

(''C. planirostris'') * Waorani dog-faced bat (''C. tonkigui'')

Phylogeny

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Bat genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Molossidae-stub