Florida bonneted bat

Florida bonneted bat
The endangered Florida bonneted bat, Eumops floridanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Eumops
Species:
E. floridanus
Binomial name
Eumops floridanus
(G. M. Allen, 1932)
Range of the Florida bonneted bat based on 2017 study[2]
Synonyms
  • Molossides floridanus G. M. Allen, 1932
  • Eumops glaucinus floridanus (G. M. Allen, 1932)

The Florida bonneted bat or Florida mastiff bat (Eumops floridanus) is a species of bat in the genus Eumops, the bonneted bats or mastiff bats. Until recently, it was classified as a subspecies of Wagner's bonneted bat (Eumops glaucinus).[3] It is endemic to southern Florida in the United States.[1] This species has one of the smallest geographical distributions of any New World bat.[4] It has been called "one of the most critically endangered mammal species in North America".[4] It is protected under the Endangered Species Act.

  1. ^ a b Solari, S. (2016). "Eumops floridanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136433A21984011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136433A21984011.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bailey, Amanda M; Ober, Holly K; Sovie, Adia R; McCleery, Robert A (2017). "Impact of land use and climate on the distribution of the endangered Florida bonneted bat". Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (6): 1586. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyx117.
  3. ^ Florida bonneted bat. Archived 2013-04-30 at the Wayback Machine Florida Bat Conservancy. 2005.
  4. ^ a b Timm, R. M., & Genoways, H. H. (2004). The Florida bonneted bat, Eumops floridanus (chiroptera: Molossidae): Distribution, morphometrics, systematics, and ecology. Journal of Mammalogy 85(5), 852-65.