Eumops

Eumops
Eumops perotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Eumops
Miller, 1906
Species

16, see below.

Eumops (mastiff bats or bonneted bats) is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae.[1] A total of 16 species of this genus have been described.

Species

The following are the sixteen species of Eumops. Eumops chiribaya is the most recently described species of this genus, having been first described in 2014.[2] E. wilsoni was described first in 2009 by Baker and colleagues.[3]

References

  1. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Medina, C. R.; Gregorin, R.; Zeballos, H.; Zamora, H. T.; Moras, L. M. (2014). "A new species of Eumops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southwestern Peru". Zootaxa. 3878 (1): 19–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3878.1.2.
  3. Baker, R. J.; McDonough, M. M.; Swier, V. J.; Larsen, P. A.; Carrera, J. P.; Ammerman, L. K. (2009). "New Species of Bonneted Bat, Genus Eumops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the Lowlands of Western Ecuador and Peru". Acta Chiropterologica. 11 (1): 1–13. doi:10.3161/150811009X465659.
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