| Eumops delticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Eumops |
| Species: | E. delticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eumops delticus Thomas, 1923 | |
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Eumops delticus is a species of free-tailed bat found in South America. [1]
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]
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]
E. delticus is found in the following South American countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. [1]
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]
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