Eumops perotis

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Western 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

Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 894 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529631

Original name as described

Molossus perotis

Other common names

Greater Bonneted Bat · Greater Mastiff Bat · Western Mastiff Bat

Type material

AMNH MS-435

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-435

Type locality

"Brasilien." Restricted by C. C. Sanborn in 1932 to "Villa San Salvador, Campos des Goaytocasas, Rio Parahyba, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina · Chile

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,NV,AZ,NM,TX)

Taxonomy notes citation

Rodríguez-San Pedro, A., Pacheco, J. A., Beltrán, C., Allendes, J. L., & Ugarte-Núñez, J. A. (2023). Eumops perotis (Schinz, 1821)(Chiroptera, Molossidae): a new genus and species for Chile revealed by acoustic surveys. Mammalia, 87(3), 283-287.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005187

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 perotis

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

perotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-435

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-435

Authority page

870

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529631

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Eumops perotis renatae

Pirlot, 1965

Family

Molossidae

Root name

renatae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:115920

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=94bf026f-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste Canadien

Name usages

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

Dysopes (Molossus) gigas

(W. C. H. Peters, 1865)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180594

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Molossus californicus

(C. H. Merriam, 1890)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186448

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39c36248b-8264-4827-bac7-32e36e3c53b6

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799822

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Dysopes perotis

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

perotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Wagner (1847:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)

Promops perotis

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

perotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147041

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Eumops californicus

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Molossidae

Root name

californicus

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 perotis

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Molossidae

Root name

perotis

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 (1932:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11514)
  3. Koopman (1971:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62874274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33213)
  4. Eger (1977:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36139030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16900)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:207, 208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8247/97207171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eumops perotis californicus

Sanborn, 1932

Family

Molossidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

351

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Sanborn (1932:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11514)
  2. Eger (1977:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36139033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16900)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Eumops perotis perotis

Sanborn, 1932

Family

Molossidae

Root name

perotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Sanborn (1932:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11514)
  2. Eger (1977:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36139030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16900)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Eumops perotis gigas

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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