Eumops

• Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops bonariensis

  

  The common dwarf bonneted bat has a broad, flat muzzle and large rounded ears. It leaves its roost after sunset and catches insects in flight.

• Fierce Bonneted Bat Eumops ferox

  

  This bat is recorded in Cuba. Its historical description gives pale-based brown back fur and blackish-brown cheeks and chin. A capture inside a house in Cárdenas has also been reported.

• Florida Bonneted Bat Eumops floridanus

  

  A large bat of southern Florida, it catches insects in flight and roosts in tree cavities and some building spaces.

• Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops nanus

  

  This free-tailed bat has large, rounded ears joined above the forehead. Two specimens were recorded at a wind farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, amid sorghum crops and fragments of low deciduous forest.

• Greater Bonneted Bat Eumops perotis

  

  The greater bonneted bat is the largest molossid bat in North America. Its long ears meet above the head, and it launches from cliffs before hunting insects at night.

• Underwood's Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi

  

  Underwood's bonneted bat ranges from the southwestern United States through western Mexico to Central America. Confirmed information about its roosts is limited.

• Black Bonneted Bat Eumops auripendulus

  The black bonneted bat is medium-sized and has been recorded from Mexico to Argentina. It eats large insects at night and roosts under bark or in places such as buildings.

• Chimera's Bonneted Bat Eumops chimaera

  Eumops chimaera was described in 2016 from southeastern Brazil and Bolivia, based on a small set of specimens and localities.

• Chiribaya's Bonneted Bat Eumops chiribaya

  This bat is known from limited records in southwestern Peru. Its 2014 original description reported specimens from the type locality at El Algarrobal.

• Big Bonneted Bat Eumops dabbenei

  This large bat has a chestnut back, a paler underside and prominent ears. It catches insects in flight at night and roosts in tree holes or buildings.

• Delta Bonneted Bat Eumops delticus

  A single female of this species was reported from Chapada Diamantina, Brazil, in a 2024 study. The paper describes that specimen and its capture near a small freshwater lagoon.

• Wagner's Bonneted Bat Eumops glaucinus

  This free-tailed bat ranges widely across the Americas. It catches insects while flying at night, and its fur varies from grayish brown to chestnut.

• Greater Bonneted Bat Eumops perotis

  The greater bonneted bat is the largest molossid bat in North America. Its long ears meet above the head, and it launches from cliffs before hunting insects at night.

• Underwood's Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi

  Underwood's bonneted bat ranges from the southwestern United States through western Mexico to Central America. Confirmed information about its roosts is limited.

• Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops bonariensis

  The common dwarf bonneted bat has a broad, flat muzzle and large rounded ears. It leaves its roost after sunset and catches insects in flight.

• Fierce Bonneted Bat Eumops ferox

  This bat is recorded in Cuba. Its historical description gives pale-based brown back fur and blackish-brown cheeks and chin. A capture inside a house in Cárdenas has also been reported.

• Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat Eumops nanus

  This free-tailed bat has large, rounded ears joined above the forehead. Two specimens were recorded at a wind farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, amid sorghum crops and fragments of low deciduous forest.

• Florida Bonneted Bat Eumops floridanus

  A large bat of southern Florida, it catches insects in flight and roosts in tree cavities and some building spaces.