Centronycteris maximiliani

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Common Shaggy Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fischer, J.B. 1829. [Main body of work]. Pp. 1–527 in Fischer, J.B. 1829-1830. Synopsis Mammalium. J.G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 752 pp.

Original name as described

Vespertilio Maximiliani

Other common names

Maximilian's Shaggy Bat

Type material

ZMB 54654

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"In ora orientali Brasiliae [= on the eastern edge of Brazil]." Restricted by M. P. zu Wied-Neuwied in 1826 to Fazenda Coroaba, Rio Jucú, near Rio do Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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