Eumops delticus

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

Eumops delticus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]