Balantiopteryx io

O. Thomas, 1904

Thomas's 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. 1904-04-01. New forms of Saimiri, Saccopteryx, Balantiopteryx, and Thrichomys from the Neotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13(76):250-255.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108338

Original name as described

Balantiopteryx io

Other common names

Least Sac-winged Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1886.9.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd0750bd-df13-4851-8759-44fb584d75e2

Type locality

"R[io]. Dolores, near Coban [Alta Verapaz], Guatemala."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004777

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.

Balantiopteryx io

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

io

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.9.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd0750bd-df13-4851-8759-44fb584d75e2

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108338

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 #2532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2532) (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/1004777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2532/22030080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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