Eumops maurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Eumops
Species: Eumops maurus

Name

Eumops maurus (Thomas, 1901)

• Holotype: BMNH 1901.6.4.34, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by J.J. Quelch on 11 December 1900.
• Type locality: “Kanuku Mountains, about 59° W. and 3° N., and on the savannahs near their base, at altitudes varying from 240 to 2000 feet”.

Combinations

• Molossus maurus Thomas, 1901: 141 [original combination]
• Eumops maurus: Miller, 1906: 85 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Eumops geijskesi Husson, 1962: 246
  • Holotype: RMNH.MAM.12943.a/RMNH.MAM.12943.b, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by W.J. Bresser in 1862.
  • Type locality: “Suriname, exact locality unknown”.

Native distribution areas

• Ecuador
• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Surinam

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1901. On a Collection of Mammals from the Kanuku Mountains, British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 8(44): 139–154. BHL Reference page. 
• Husson, A.M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zoologische Verhandelingen 58(1): 1–282. PDFReference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Eumops maurus  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

• English: Guianan Bonneted Bat