Eumops delticus

Eumops delticus is a species of free-tailed bat found in South America.

Taxonomy

Eumops delticus was described as a new species in 1923 by British mammalogist Oldfield Thomas.
The holotype had been collected by Wilhelm Ehrhardt, a Guyana-born German animal collector.
The type locality was the Brazilian island of Marajó.
In 1932, Colin Campbell Sanborn published that E. delticus should be considered a subspecies of the dwarf bonneted bat.
It was generally regarded as a subspecies until 2008 when Eger et al. published it as its own species again.

Description

Based on the holotype, E. delticus individuals have a forearm length of around, a head and body length of, and a tail length of.

Range and habitat

E. delticus is found in the following South American countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

Conservation

As of 2018, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN.
It meets the criteria for this classification because of ongoing uncertainty of its geographic range and ecological requirements.