Eumops auripendulus (Shaw 1800)

[Vespertilio] auripendulus Shaw 1800, Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., Vol. 1, 1: 137.

Type Locality: French Guiana.

Vernacular Names: Black Bonneted Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Eumops auripendulus subsp. auripendulus Shaw 1800

Subspecies Eumops auripendulus subsp. major Eger 1974

Distribution: Oaxaca and Yucatán (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, N Argentina, E Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad, and Jamaica.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Called abrasus in Hall and Kelson (1959), but see Husson (1962) and Hall (1981). Also see Best et al. (2002). Jamaican form reviewed by Timm and Genoways (2003).