''Cynomops'' is a genus of
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and
South America
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n 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 of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...
s in the family
Molossidae.
It has sometimes been considered a subgenus of ''
Molossops''. It contains the following species:
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Cinnamon dog-faced bat (''C. abrasus'')
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Freeman's dog-faced bat (''C. freemani'')
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Greenhall's dog-faced bat (''C. greenhalli'')
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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'' (''C. mastivus'')
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Mexican dog-faced bat (''C. mexicanus'')
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Miller’s dog-faced bat (''C. milleri'')
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Para dog-faced bat (''C. paranus'')
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Southern dog-faced bat (''C. planirostris'')
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Waorani dog-faced bat (''C. tonkigui'')
Phylogeny
References
Bat genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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