NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Molossus
  Subfamily - Molossinae
  Family - Molossidae
  Superfamily - Vespertilionoidea
  Suborder - Yangochiroptera
  Order - Chiroptera
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Molossus molossus molossus
      Subspecies - Molossus molossus debilis
      Subspecies - Molossus molossus pygmaeus
      Subspecies - Molossus molossus fortis
      Subspecies - Molossus molossus milleri
      Subspecies - Molossus molossus tropidorhynchus
      Subspecies - Molossus molossus verrilli