Balantiopteryx infusca

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Emballonuridae
Subfamily : Emballonurinae
Tribe : Diclidurini
Genus : Balantiopteryx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1897-12-01. Descriptions of new bats and rodents from America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(120):544-553.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415538

Original name as described

Saccopteryx infusca

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.7.73

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6bd0c5da-1405-49bb-8955-83774813ec11

Type locality

"[Rio] Cachavi, [Departamento de Esmeraldas], N[orthern]. Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004776

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Saccopteryx infusca

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

infusca

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.7.73

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6bd0c5da-1405-49bb-8955-83774813ec11

Authority page

546

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415538

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Balantiopteryx infusca

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

infusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2531/97206692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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