Cranial morphology reveals a lack of phylogenetic signal and rapid adaptive radiation in the bat genus Molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

• Ana Priscila Medeiros Olímpio ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: priscila_cx2006@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology (PPGBM), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-9396

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• Fabiano Stefanello,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Zoology, State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

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• Beatriz Dybas da Natividade,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Itiberê Piaia Bernardi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Amanda Cristiny da Silva Lima,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology (PPGBM), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil

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• Samira Brito Mendes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology (Bionorte Network), Maranhão State University (UEMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

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• Cleison Luís da Silva Costa,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology (Bionorte Network), Maranhão State University (UEMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

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• Elmary da Costa Fraga,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Biodiversity, Environment, and Health, Maranhão State University, Center for Higher Studies of Caxias, Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil

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• Maria Claudene Barros,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Biodiversity, Environment, and Health, Maranhão State University, Center for Higher Studies of Caxias, Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil

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• Iracilda Sampaio

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology (PPGBM), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil

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