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DWARF DOG-FACED BAT Molossops temminckii
This tiny Molossid is one of the commonest Paraguayan bats. He inhabits dry areas, being most numerous along watercourses. Molossid bats can be identified by the naked tail which extends beyond the uropatagium (the flap of skin that joins the legs to the tail). This is by far the smallest member of its family in Paraguay.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM290PH) Adult lateral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Karina Atkinson July 2008)
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM291PH) Same specimen as (FPMAM290PH) frontal (Karina Atkinson July 2008)
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM292PH) Same specimen as (FPMAM290PH) lateral head (Karina Atkinson July 2008)
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM293PH) Same specimen as (FPMAM290PH) tail (Karina Atkinson July 2008)
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM1029PH) Adult lateral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2011)
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM1030PH) Same specimen as (FPMAM1029PH) dorsal (Paul Smith September 2011)
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM420PH) Adult head detail, PN Defensores del Chaco, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Jon Hall August 2010)
FIGURE 8 - (FPMAM925PH) Head detail, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (John T. Smith January 2011 http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
FIGURE 9 - (FPMAM926PH) Same individual as (FPMAM925PH) head frontal (John T. Smith January 2011 http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
FIGURE 10 - (FPMAM294PH) Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 11 - (FPMAM295PH) Upperside of the same specimen (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 12 - (FPMAM296PH) Adult specimen dorsal, Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 13 - (FPMAM297PH) Same specimen as (FPMAM296PH) ventral  (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 14 - (FPMAM298PH) Same specimen as (FPMAM296PH) head  (Paul Smith August 2009).
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Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii
DORSAL (FPMAM299PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM300PH); LATERAL (FPMAM301PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción