Eumops perotis

Eumops perotis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Eumops
Species: Eumops perotis
Subspecies: E. p. californicus – E. p. gigas – E. p. perotis

Name

Eumops glaucinus (Schinz, 1821)

• Holotype: AMNH MS-435, skin and skull, collected by Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied between 1815–1817.
• Type locality: “Ostküste von Brasilien”, cited as “Villa de S. Salvador dos Campos dos Goaytacases” by Wied-Neuwied (1826: 231).

Combinations

• Molossus perotis Schinz, 1821: 870 [original combination]
• Dysopes perotis: Wied-Neuwied, 1826: 227 [subsequent combination]
• Molossus (Promops) perotis: Peters, 1866: 574 [subsequent combination]
• Promops perotis: Thomas, 1901 [subsequent combination]
• Eumops perotis: Miller, 1906: 85 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• California to Texas (USA), south to Zacatecas and Hidalgo (Mexico)
• North Venezuela, West Ecuador & Peru, Bolivia, North Argentina, Paraguay, and East Brazil
• Cuba.

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Herrn Ritter von Cuvier. Erster Band. Säugethiere und Vögel. J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung: Stuttgart und Tübingen. xxxviii + 894 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Miller, Jr., G.S. 1906. Twelve new genera of bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19: 83–87. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Barquez, R. & Diaz, M. 2015. IUCN: Eumops perotis  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T8247A97207171. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T8247A22026043.en. Accessed on 22 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Greater Bonneted Bat