Diclidurus scutatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1869

Lesser Ghost Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere, besonders des Pariser Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869:393-408.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276613

Original name as described

Diclidurus scutatus

Other common names

Little Ghost Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1859-340 (= MNHN ? 722)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1859-340

Type locality

"Südamerica." Restricted by A. M. Husson in 1962 to "Pará [= Belém], Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004786

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.

Diclidurus scutatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1869

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

scutatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1859-340 (= MNHN ? 722)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1859-340

Authority page

400

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276613

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6564/21986499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Diclidurus scuttatus

Sodré & Uieda, 2006

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

scuttatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

897

Authority publication

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

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