The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana, a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1, Bats
Author
Simmons, Nancy B.
Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
Author
Voss, Robert S.
Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
1998
1998-12-31
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.4545052
0540f87c-c902-4df5-acd4-51801c9531bd
2246/1634/B237-0004
4545052
Eumops auripendulus
(Shaw)
VOUCHER MATERIAL:
2 females (AMNH *267537, *268594) and 1 male (MNHN *1995.950); see table 59 for measurements.
IDENTIFICATION: Eger (1977) provided species diagnoses and a key in her revision of the genus
Eumops
, which has not been superceded by any comparably comprehensive study.
Husson (1962
, 1978) gave a detailed description and comparative measurements of
E
.
auripendulus
from Surinam, and additional information can be found in
Sanborn (1932)
under the account for
E
.
abrasus
(now considered a junior synonym of
auripendulus
; see Goodwin, 1960;
Husson, 1962
, 1978;
Eger, 1974
, 1977). Two subspecies of
E
.
auripendulus
are currently recognized with the following continental distributions (
Eger, 1974
, 1977; Koopman, 1994):
E
.
a
.
auripendulus
(southern Mexico to Amazonia, including the Guianas) and
E
.
a
.
major
(northern Argentina, southern Paraguay, and eastern Brazil). These taxa are distinguished on the basis of size, with
major
being the larger of the two.
Our voucher material conforms in all respects to Eger’s (1977) description of
Eumops auripendulus auripendulus
. The Paracou specimens are also comparable in size to those reported from Surinam by
Husson (1962
, 1978), although one of our females has a shorter maxillary toothrow and narrow er skull than either of the females whose measurements he published (op. cit.: table 32).
FIELD OBSERVATIONS: Our three specimens of
Eumops auripendulus
from Paracou were captured in mistnets suspended 1723 m above a narrow dirt road through the forest.