Check List 17(4): 1147-1154, doi: 10.15560/17.4.1147
Noteworthy records of bats of the genus Eumops Miller, 1906 from Guatemala: first confirmed record of Underwood’s Bonneted Bat, Eumops underwoodi Goodwin, 1940 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Molossidae), in the country
expand article infoLuis A. Trujillo‡, Raiza Barahona-Fong‡, Cristian Kraker-Castañeda§, Arnulfo Medina-Fitoria|, Jonathan Hernández, Sergio G. Pérez‡
‡ Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Edificio T-10, 2o. nivel, Ciudad Universitaria, zona 12, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Centroamérica., Guatemala, Guatemala§ 2Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Barrio María Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, 29290, Chiapas, México, San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico| Asociación Mastozoológica de Nicaragua, Ticuantepe, Nicaragua¶ Universidad Nacional de Ciencias Forestales (UNACIFOR), Estación Experimental Lancetilla, Tela, Atlántida, Honduras

Corresponding author: Luis A. Trujillo ( trujillososaluis@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Héctor Ramírez-Chaves
© Luis A. Trujillo, Raiza Barahona-Fong, Cristian Kraker-Castañeda, Arnulfo Medina-Fitoria, Jonathan Hernández, Sergio G. Pérez.
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Citation: Trujillo LA, Barahona-Fong R, Kraker-Castañeda C, Medina-Fitoria A, Hernández J, Pérez SG (2021) Noteworthy records of bats of the genus Eumops Miller, 1906 from Guatemala: first confirmed record of Underwood’s Bonneted Bat, Eumops underwoodi Goodwin, 1940 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Molossidae), in the country. Check List 17(4): 1147-1154. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1147
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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.

Keywords
Carcass, echolocation pulses, free-tailed bats, San Miguel Escobar, Villa Canales, wind turbines