Abstract
Two species of Eumops Miller, 1906 are reported with voucher specimens from Guatemala: E. auripendulus (Shaw, 1800) and E. ferox (Gundlach, 1861). Eumops underwoodi Goodwin, 1940 has been known only by recordings. We collected dead specimens of E. ferox and E. underwoodi in a wind farm. Additionally, we provide acoustic data, and an allometric scaling hypothesis supports the identification of E. underwoodi, as it reflects the largest body size for sympatric free-tailed bats. We increase the list of bats in Guatemala to 104 species.
Highlights
Eumops Miller, 1906 is the most species-rich genus in United States to Patagonia in Argentina (Eger 1977; the family Molossidae, comprising 17 high-flying aerial Medina et al 2014; Simmons and Cirranello 2020)
We report carcasses of E. ferox and E. underwoodi found at Villa Canales municipality, Guatemala department, and we include recordings from the same locality and another relatively nearby locality in the central region of the country
We report Eumops ferox and Eumops underwoodi in central Guatemala based on dead specimens collected from Los Llanos
Summary
Eumops Miller, 1906 is the most species-rich genus in United States to Patagonia in Argentina (Eger 1977; the family Molossidae, comprising 17 high-flying aerial Medina et al 2014; Simmons and Cirranello 2020). Wild Bonneted Bat, Eumops ferox (Gundlach, 1861), occurs in Cuba and Jamaica, Mexico, and Central America (McDonough et al 2008; Baker et al 2009). This species inhabits evergreen forests, deciduous forests, pine-oak forests, subtropical moist forests, and thorn scrubs at elevations below 1800 m (Pérez et al 2012), with many reports coming from big cities and towns (Best et al 1997; Reid 2009). In Guatemala, it was reported in a single locality in San Lorenzo Marmol, Río Hondo municipality, Zacapa department, in a pine-oak forest ecosystem (Pérez et al 2012)
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