Eumops delticus

Eumops delticus is a species of free-tailed bat found in South America.[1]

Eumops delticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Eumops
Species:
E. delticus
Binomial name
Eumops delticus
Thomas, 1923
Synonyms
  • Eumops bonariensis delticus (Thomas, 1923)

Taxonomy

Eumops delticus was described as a new species in 1923 by British mammalogist Oldfield Thomas.[2] The holotype had been collected by Wilhelm Ehrhardt (1860–1936), a Guyana-born German animal collector. The type locality was the Brazilian island of Marajó.[3] In 1932, Colin Campbell Sanborn published that E. delticus should be considered a subspecies of the dwarf bonneted bat (E. bonariensis).[4] It was generally regarded as a subspecies until 2008 when Eger et al. published it as its own species again.[1][4]

Description

Based on the holotype, E. delticus individuals have a forearm length of around 47 mm (1.9 in), a head and body length of 68 mm (2.7 in), and a tail length of 41 mm (1.6 in).[5]

Range and habitat

E. delticus is found in the following South American countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.[1]

Conservation

As of 2018, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN. It meets the criteria for this classification because of ongoing uncertainty of its geographic range and ecological requirements.[1]

References
  1. Solari, S. (2018). "Eumops delticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T87993965A87993968. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T87993965A87993968.en.
  2. Thomas, Oldfield (1923). "XXXIX.—Two new mammals from Marajó Island". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12 (69): 341–342. doi:10.1080/00222932308632954.
  3. Gutsche, A.; Kwet, A.; Kucharzewski, C.; Hallermann, J. (2008). "Historical Collections of Amphibians and Reptiles from Brazil by Wilhelm Ehrhardt, Deposited at the Zoological Museum of the University of Hamburg". Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 104: 175–194.
  4. Gardner, A. L. (2008). Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. 1. University of Chicago Press. pp. 224–225. ISBN 978-0226282428.
  5. Sanborn, Colin Campbell (1932). "The Bats of the Genus Eumops". Journal of Mammalogy. 13 (4): 347–357. doi:10.2307/1374140. JSTOR 1374140.
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