Molossops

{{Short description|Genus of bats}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Molossops

| authority = Peters, 1865

| image = Molossops temminckii.png

| image_caption = Molossops temminckii

| type_species = Dysopes temminckii

| type_species_authority = Burmeister, 1854

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

}}

Molossops (meaning: false molossus bat) is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae.{{MSW3|id=13801637}}

The four member species are found in nearly every country of South America, with the dwarf dog-faced bat being found in the most countries.

It contains only two species:

• Rufous dog-faced bat (Molossops neglectus)
• Dwarf dog-faced bat (Molossops temminckii)

Judith L. Eger writes that the genus only consists of M. neglectus and M. temminckii; M. aequatorianus {{small|Cabrera, 1917}} (= Cabreramops {{small|Ibáñez, 1981}}) and M. mattogrossensis {{small|C. O. C. Vieira, 1942}} (= Neoplatymops {{small|R. L. Peterson, 1965}}) were incorrectly assigned to this genus.{{cite book|last1=Eger|first1=Judith L.|editor1-last=Gardner|editor1-first=Alfred L.|title=Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats|date=2007|pages=416–419|chapter=Genus Molossops W. Peters, 1866|volume=1|series=Mammals of South America|doi=10.7208/chicago/9780226282428.001.0001 |isbn=9780226282404}}