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Molossops temminckii (dwarf dog-faced bat)

Synonyms: Dysopes temminckii; Molossops temminckii griseiventer; Molossops temminckii sylvia; Molossops temminckii temminckii

Wikipedia Abstract

The dwarf dog-faced bat (Molossops temminckii), is a bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay. They are considered an abundant species, and are listed as a species of "least concern" on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution, presumed large population, and the unlikelihood of decline.
View Wikipedia Record: Molossops temminckii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.85
EDGE Score: 2.29
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.5 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  100 %
Gestation [1]  76 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.575 inches (4 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hymenolepis temminckii <Unverified Name>[3]
Molostrongylus acanthocolpos <Unverified Name>[3]
Molostrongylus mbopi <Unverified Name>[3]
Myodopsylla wolffsohni wolffsohni[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 4International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0