Eumops nanus

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

Northern 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

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-11-01. A new free-tailed bat from Central America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)6(35):470-471.

Original name as described

Promops nanus

Other common names

Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.11.99

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bogava [= Bugaba District], Chiriqui [Province], Panama (alt. 250 m.)."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Peru

Taxonomy notes

split from bonariensis

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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