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--> FAMILY Molossidae
--> SUBFAMILY Molossinae
--> GENUS Eumops
SPECIES Eumops perotis
Author: | Schinz, 1821. | Citation: | In Cuvier, Das Thierreich, 1: 870. | Common Name: | Greater Bonneted Bat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Campos do Goita Cazes, Villa São Salvador. | Distribution: | California to Texas (USA), south to Zacatecas and Hidalgo (Mexico); N Venezuela, W Ecuador and W Peru, Bolivia, N Argentina, Paraguay, and E Brazil; Cuba. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Does not include trumbulli; see Eger (1977). The large geographic gap between the North American and South American ranges of this taxon suggests that this complex may include more than one species. |
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