Eumops floridanus

(G. M. Allen, 1932)

Florida 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

Allen, G.M. 1932. A Pleistocene bat from Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 13(3):256-259.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1374001

Original name as described

Molossides floridanus

Type material

MCZ:VP:VPM-17672

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-17672

Type locality

"no. 2 Bed, at Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL)

Taxonomy notes

split from E. glaucinus

Taxonomy notes citation

Timm, R. M., & Genoways, H. H. (2004). The Florida bonneted bat, Eumops floridanus (Chiroptera: Molossidae): distribution, morphometrics, systematics, and ecology. Journal of Mammalogy, 85(5), 852-865.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005181

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.

Molossides floridanus

(G. M. Allen, 1932)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:VP:VPM-17672

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-17672

Authority page

257

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Eumops floridanus

C. E. Ray, S. J. Olsen, & H. J. Gut, 1963

Family

Molossidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

377

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Ray, Olsen & Gut (1963:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12271)
  2. McDonough, Ammerman, Timm, Genoways, Larsen & Baker (2008:1312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1459)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136433/21984011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eumops glaucinus floridanus

Koopman, 1971

Family

Molossidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62874278

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1971:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62874278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33213)
  2. Eger (1977:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36139025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16900)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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