Colombian bonneted bat facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Colombian bonneted bat |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Eumops |
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E. trumbulli
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| Eumops trumbulli (Thomas, 1901)
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The Colombian bonneted bat (Eumops trumbulli) is also known as Trumbull's bonneted bat. This bat species lives in several countries in South America. You can find it in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Discovering the Colombian Bonneted Bat
This bat was first described in 1901. A British scientist named Oldfield Thomas gave it its scientific name. He first called it Promops trumbulli.
Thomas named the bat after Dr. J. Trumbull. Dr. Trumbull was the person who found the first example of this bat. He collected it in May 1898 in Pará, Brazil. Later, in 1906, another scientist named Miller moved the bat to a new group called Eumops. It has stayed in this group ever since.
What Does It Look Like?
The Colombian bonneted bat is one of the larger bats in its group. It has a special set of teeth, totaling 30 teeth in its mouth.
When it was first described, scientists noted it looked a bit like the western mastiff bat. However, the Colombian bonneted bat has smaller ears. Its tragi (the small, pointed parts inside its ears) are also smaller. These tragi are almost square-shaped.
How We Protect This Bat
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) keeps track of how many animals are left in the wild. They have listed the Colombian bonneted bat as "least concern." This is the lowest level of worry for an animal's survival.
This means that the bat lives in a very large area. Scientists believe there are many of these bats. Also, their numbers do not seem to be dropping quickly. Because of these reasons, it is not currently in danger.
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