Eumops ferox

(J. C. Gundlach in W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Fierce 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

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1861. Hr. W. Peters theilte eine Übersicht der von Hrn. Dr. Gundlach beobachteten Flederthiere auf Cuba mit. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861:149-156.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36281616

Original name as described

Molossus ferox

Other common names

Chestnut Mastiff Bat · Wild Bonneted Bat

Type material

ZMB 2587

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Fundador," Camarioca, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Jamaica · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

split from E. glaucinus

Taxonomy notes citation

McDonough, M. M., Ammerman, L. K., Timm, R. M., Genoways, H. H., Larsen, P. A., & Baker, R. J. (2008). Speciation within bonneted bats (genus Eumops): the complexity of morphological, mitochondrial, and nuclear data sets in systematics. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(5), 1306-1315.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005180

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Nyctinomus orthotis

(H. Allen, 1889)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

orthotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:9397 (= USNM:MAMM:A37447)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3774ecc0a-d37d-4222-9ecb-eec204d683be

Authority page

561

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7123978

Authority publication

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Molossus ferox

(J. C. Gundlach in W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ferox

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZMB 2587

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36281616

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Eumops orthotis

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Molossidae

Root name

orthotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348063

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1906:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15504)

Eumops ferox

M. M. McDonough, Ammerman, Timm, Genoways, P. A. Larsen, & R. J. Baker, 2008

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ferox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1312

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. McDonough, Ammerman, Timm, Genoways, Larsen & Baker (2008:1312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1459)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87994072/87994075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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