Eumops maurus

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Guianan 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

Thomas, O. 1901-08-01. On a Collection of Mammals from the Kanuku Mountains, British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(44):139-154.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980185

Original name as described

Molossus maurus

Other common names

Thomas's Mastiff Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.4.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/50ff3b89-a018-4037-bcd4-0aced5f04614

Type locality

"Kanuku Mountains, about 59° W. and 3° N. … on the savannahs near their base … Alt. 240 feet [= 73 m]," Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005184

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.

Molossus maurus

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

maurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.4.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/50ff3b89-a018-4037-bcd4-0aced5f04614

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980185

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Eumops maurus

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Molossidae

Root name

maurus

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

  1. Miller (1906:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15504)
  2. Sanborn (1932:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11514)
  3. Eger (1977:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36139028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16900)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Freeman (1981:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Koopman (1993:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  9. Koopman (1994:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  11. Ammerman, Lee & Tipps (2012:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1447)
  12. Bartlett, McDonough & Ammerman (2013:880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15496)
  13. Medina, Gregorin, Zeballos, Zamora & Moras (2014:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19496)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  17. Ruelas & Soria (2021:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58159)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8246/22026206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eumops geijskesi

Husson, 1962

Family

Molossidae

Root name

geijskesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.12943.a, RMNH.MAM.12943.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12943.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12943.b

Authority page

246

Authority publication

Zoologische Verhandelingen

Name usages

  1. Husson (1978:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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