Belize Biodiversity Information System

Taxonomy

Species ID	050950
Name	Shaw's mastiff bat
Other Common Names
Category	05 Mammals
Phylum
Subphylum
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theria
Suborder	Microchiroptera
Family	Molossidae
Genus	Eumops
Species	auripendulus
Subspecies
References	1, 2, 3, 7, 8
Scientific Synonyms	8* Vespertilio auripendulus Sahw, 1800, 3* Eumops abrasus Miller, 1906:85

Comments

8* see Eger 1977 for complete listing of synonymns. 7* Two subspecies. E.a. auripendulus (Mexico and Jamaica to Trinidad and Bolivia), E. a. major (northern Brazil to Paraguay and Argentina).

 Status

Status Code	Status Translation	References
27	Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities.	4

Comments on Status

4* high roosting and flying may make them hard to detect

Distribution

DISTRICT	References
Belize	6
Cayo	2
Corozal	2
Orange Walk	10
Stann Creek	9
Toledo	2

Administrative Unit	Occurrence	Abundance	Temporal	References
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	Recorded vocalization, tape or Anabat.	Unknown, insuffient data	May	9
Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve	Collected as voucher.		March	6

ELEVATION Association	References
1-200 m	9, 2,6

QUAD Distribution	References
16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30'	9
17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30'	6, 2
17 15' to 17 30'; 88 15' to 88 30'	5
18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45'	10, 6

Holdridge Life Zone Distribution	References
Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical	9
Subtropical moist	10, 2, 6

Comments on Distribution

8* The ROM specimen is cited in Eger.
6* ROM Rockstone Pond
5* Tower Hill, B.S.I.
2* specimen from Rockstone Pond

 Graphics

Distribution map

Habitat Associations

Forest Type Associations	Seral Stage	Canopy Closure	References
Lowland broadleaf moist evergreen seasonal forests over poor soils.	all stages	71-100%	9
Transitional Broadleaf Forest Poor in Lime-loving Species	all stages	71-100%	9
Broadleaf Forest Rich in Lime-loving Species; Sapote-Mahogany	Canopy unknown	Canopy unknown	10
Marsh and Swamp Communities	Canopy unknown	Canopy unknown	10
Agriculture, no native vegetation.	Canopy unknown	Canopy unknown	10, 2
Transitional Low Broadleaf Forest and Shrubland	Canopy unknown	Canopy unknown	6

References

1  McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter
   25 (2-3).

2  Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley &
   Sons. New York. 1:248

3  Koopman, Karl F. 1993. Chiroptera. in  Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder,
   eds, Mammalian species of the world, 2nd ed, Smithsonian Institution
   Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 137-241.

4  Emmons, L. H. 1990.  Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide.
   University of Chicago Press.  Chicago and London.
   p.91-92

5  McCarthy, T. J. 1987. Distributional records of bats from the Caribbean
   lowlands of Belize and adjacent Guatemala and Mexico. In: Studies in
   Neotropical Mammalogy: Essays in Honor of Philip Hershkovitz (B.D.
   Patterson and R.M. Timm, eds.). Fieldiana:n.s. No. 39:137-162.

6  ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario
   Museum.

7  Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics (in) Handbook of Zoology.
   W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p.46.

8  Eger, J.L. 1977. Systematics of the Genus Eumops (Chiroptera:
   Molossidae). Life Sciences Contributions, Roayal Ontarion Musuem.
   110:1-69.

9  Miller, B.W. 2001. Community Ecology of the Non-phyllostomid bats of
   Northwestern Belize, with a landscape level assessment of the bats of
   Belize.  PhD. Dissertation. University of Kent, Durrell Institute of
   Conservation and Ecology.

10 FMNH. 1997. Mammal holdings in the Field Musuem of Natural History,
   unpublished listing. Data imported pn date: 06/13/00.