Eumops bonariensis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1874)

Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Eumops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1874. Über eine neue Art von Flederthieren, _Promops bonariensis_ und über Lophuromys, eine Nagergattung von Westafrika. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874:232-234.

Original name as described

Promops bonariensis

Other common names

Dwarf Bonneted Bat · Southern Bonneted Bat · Southern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Type locality

"Buenos-Aires," Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Paraguay · Brazil · Argentina · Uruguay

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. delticus and E. nanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gregorin, R. (2009). Phylogeny of Eumops Miller, 1906 (Chiroptera: Molossidae) using morphological data. Acta Chiropterologica, 11(2), 247-258.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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