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title: "Velvety Free-tailed Bat"
description: "Molossus molossus — Mamíferos. The velvety free-tailed bat (Molossus molossus) is a species of bat found in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/velvety-free-tailed-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Velvety Free-tailed Bat

> Molossus molossus — Mamíferos. The velvety free-tailed bat  (Molossus molossus) is a species of bat found in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.

- Scientific name: *Molossus molossus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 917
- Wikidata: [Q1832759](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1832759)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41254](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41254)

## Names

- en: Velvety Free-tailed Bat
- de: Große Samtfledermaus
- es: Murciélago mastín común
- fr: Molosse commun

## Countries with the most observations

BR (69), CO (37), MX (25), PR (20), AR (18), EC (16), GF (9), PA (9), DM (8), CR (7), GP (6), HN (6)

## Summary

The velvety free-tailed bat  (Molossus molossus) is a species of bat found in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvety_free-tailed_bat

## Photo

![Velvety Free-tailed Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/velvety-free-tailed-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carlos Henrique Russi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108376538

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/velvety-free-tailed-bat?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).