Designed by Paul Smith 2006. This website is copyrighted by law.
Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith and are used with the permission of Robert Owen and the Centro de Mastzoologia del Paraguay.
MOLOSSIDAE COMPARATIVE SKULL GALLERY
Many thanks to Robert Owen and the Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay for permission to photograph skull specimens held in the collection there.

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Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat Cynomops abrasus
DORSAL (FPMAM251PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM252PH); LATERAL (FPMAM253PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

White-throated Dog-faced Bat Cynomops planirostris
DORSAL (FPMAM257PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM258PH); LATERAL (FPMAM259PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

Black Bonneted Bat Eumops auripendulus
DORSAL (FPMAM263PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM264PH); LATERAL (FPMAM265PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

Southern Bonneted Bat Eumops bonariensis
DORSAL (FPMAM269PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM270PH); LATERAL (FPMAM271PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

Wagner´s Bonneted Bat Eumops glaucinus
DORSAL (FPMAM275PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM276PH); LATERAL (FPMAM277PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

Patagonian Bonneted Bat Eumops patagonicus
DORSAL (FPMAM281PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM282PH); LATERAL (FPMAM283PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

Greater Bonneted Bat Eumops perotis
DORSAL (FPMAM287PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM288PH); LATERAL (FPMAM289PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii
DORSAL (FPMAM299PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM300PH); LATERAL (FPMAM301PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
DORSAL

DORSAL

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

LATERAL

LATERAL

Pallas´s Mastiff Molossus molossus
DORSAL (FPMAM309PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM310PH); LATERAL (FPMAM311PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción
Designed by Paul Smith 2006. This website is copyrighted by law.
Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith and are used with the permission of Robert Owen and the Centro de Mastzoologia del Paraguay.