A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Molossidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| White-striped Free-tailed BatAustronomus australis (Gray, 1839) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea Free-tailed BatAustronomus kuboriensis (McKean & Calaby, 1968) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Duke of Abruzzi's Free-tailed BatChaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar Free-tailed BatChaerephon atsinanana Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, Ratrimomanarivo, Taylor & Lamb, 2010 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gland-tailed Free-tailed BatChaerephon bemmeleni (Jentink, 1879) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted Free-tailed BatChaerephon bivittatus (Heuglin, 1861) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fijian Free-tailed BatChaerephon bregullae (Felten, 1964) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chapin's Free-tailed BatChaerephon chapini J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gallagher's Free-tailed BatChaerephon gallagheri (Harrison, 1975) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grandidier's Free-tailed BatChaerephon leucogaster (A. Grandidier, 1869) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| São Tomé Free-tailed BatChaerephon tomensis (Juste & Ibañez, 1993) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Naked BatCheiromeles parvidens Miller & Hollister, 1921 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Naked BatCheiromeles torquatus Horsfield, 1824 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Freeman's Dog-faced BatCynomops freemani Moras, Gregorin, Sattler & Tavares, 2018 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Dog-faced BatCynomops mastivus (Thomas, 1911) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Miller's Dog-faced BatCynomops milleri (Osgood, 1914) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Dog-faced BatCynomops planirostris (Peters, 1866) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chiribaya's Bonneted BatEumops chiribaya Medina, Gregorin, Zeballos, Zamora & Moras, 2014 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Big Bonneted BatEumops dabbenei Thomas, 1914 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Delta Bonneted BatEumops delticus Thomas, 1923 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Florida Bonneted BatEumops floridanus (G. M. Allen, 1932) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wagner's Bonneted BatEumops glaucinus (Wagner, 1843) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sanborn's Bonneted BatEumops hansae Sanborn, 1932 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guianan Bonneted BatEumops maurus (Thomas, 1901) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Dwarf Bonneted BatEumops nanus (Miller, 1900) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Trumbull's Bonneted BatEumops trumbulli (Thomas, 1901) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous Dog-faced BatMolossops neglectus Williams & Genoways, 1980 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf Dog-faced BatMolossops temminckii (Burmeister, 1854) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alvarez's Mastiff BatMolossus alvarezi González-Ruiz, Ramírez-Pulido & Arroyo-Cabrales, 2011 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aztec Mastiff BatMolossus aztecus Saussure, 1860 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coiban Mastiff BatMolossus coibensis J. A. Allen, 1904 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bonda Mastiff BatMolossus currentium Thomas, 1901 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Black Mastiff BatMolossus fluminensis Lataste, 1891 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pug-nosed Mastiff BatMolossus milleri Johnson, 1952 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallas' Free-tailed BatMolossus molossus (Pallas, 1766) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Black Mastiff BatMolossus nigricans Miller, 1902 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Miller's Mastiff BatMolossus pretiosus Miller, 1902 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Mastiff BatMolossus rufus E. Geoffroy, 1805 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sinaloan Mastiff BatMolossus sinaloae J. A. Allen, 1906 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) condylurus (A. Smith, 1833) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) congicus J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongalla Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) demonstrator (Thomas, 1903) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) leucostigma (G. M. Allen, 1918) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Midas Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) midas (Sundevall, 1843) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malayan Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) mops (de Blainville, 1840) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Niangara Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) niveiventer Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) sarasinorum (A. Meyer, 1899) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Trevor's Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) trevori J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bakari's Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) bakarii Stanley, 2008 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.