Peropteryx leucoptera

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

White-winged Dog-like Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Über die zu den Gattungen Mimon und Saccopteryx gehörigen Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:469-481.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510745

Original name as described

Peropteryx leucoptera

Type material

ZMB 3349, ZMB A 1839, ZMB A 1840, ZMB A 3982, ZMB A 4208, ZMB (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Surinam [= Suriname]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004788

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.

Peropteryx leucoptera

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucoptera

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3349, ZMB A 1839, ZMB A 1840, ZMB A 3982, ZMB A 4208, ZMB (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

474

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510745

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Koopman (1993:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Lim, Engstrom, Timm, Anderson & Watson (1999:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66384)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16708/22100830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peronymus cyclops

(O. Thomas, 1924)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.3.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/26c0fb10-837a-4e1a-b353-c107037d2da4

Authority page

531

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Peropteryx leucopterus

Husson, 1978

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucoptera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Zoölogische Monographieën

Name usages

  1. Husson (1978:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  2. Koopman (1994:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Peropteryx leucopterus leucopterus

Husson, 1978

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucoptera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Zoölogische Monographieën

Name usages

  1. Husson (1978:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  2. Koopman (1994:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Peronymus leucopterus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucoptera

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

P. l. cyclops

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Peropteryx leucoptera cyclops

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cyclops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Peropteryx leucoptera leucoptera

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucoptera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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