Rufous dog-faced bat

The rufous dog-faced bat (Molossops neglectus) is a small bat of the family Molossidae, described by Williams and Genoways in 1980 from a specimen collected in Suriname. It is known from scattered populations in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Suriname, living in primary lowland tropical rainforest, humid coastal forest, drier semideciduous interior forest and savanna with secondary forest, generally below 300 m. Adults measure 55 to 68 mm from head to body with a forearm of 33 to 40 mm and weigh 9 to 16 g. The short dorsal fur is dark brown with pale bases, the belly is paler brown, and the ears and wing membranes are blackish brown. The bat has been caught flying about 20 m above the ground in the forest canopy and feeds on insects. Pregnant females have been recorded in January, August and September. The IUCN Red List classes it as Data Deficient.