Cyttarops alecto

O. Thomas, 1913

Short-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1913-01-01. On some rare Amazonian mammals from the collection of the Para Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(61):130-136.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635696

Original name as described

Cyttarops alecto

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.4.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a11975b-37b9-4c2b-991e-2af7cc4239d8

Type locality

"Mucajatuba, near Para," Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname? · French Guiana · Brazil · Colombia · Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004782

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.

Cyttarops alecto

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.4.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a11975b-37b9-4c2b-991e-2af7cc4239d8

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635696

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:128, 129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6206/22022820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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