Peropteryx macrotis

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Lesser Dog-like Bat

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Location:Venezuela, Aragua, MaracayDate taken:Jan 1, 1977

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Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1843. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Handflügler. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1):365-368.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703398

Original name as described

Emballonura macrotis

Type material

NMW (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Mato Grosso." Restricted by D. C. Carter and P. G. Dolan in 1978 to "Cuyabá (Cuiabá), Mato Grosso, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004789

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.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio caninus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528936

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Lesson (1836:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Proboscidea canina

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

499

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026402

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:499, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Lesson (1842:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Emballonura canina

(Temminck, 1838)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474803

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1838:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60651)
  2. Temminck (1841:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59645)
  3. Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Emballonura macrotis

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703398

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wagner (1847:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)

Emballonura brunnea

(P. Gervais, 1855)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076250

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Saccopteryx canina

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

514

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942313

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1870:514, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)
  2. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Alfaro (1897:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)

Mosia macrotis

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942323

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:524, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)

Peropteryx canina

J. A. Allen, 1900

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1900:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15962)
  2. Trouessart (1904:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Allen (1911:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
  4. Allen (1911:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16009)
  5. Goldman (1920:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)

Peropteryx canina canina

E. A. Goldman, 1920

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263287

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Goldman (1920:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)

Peropteryx macrotis

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Hershkovitz (1951:553, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2761760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37831)
  3. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  4. Burt & Stirton (1961:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  5. Goodwin (1969:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  6. Ruschi (1970:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34721)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Genoways, Williams & Groen (1981:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52335074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26122)
  9. Hall (1981:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:130, 131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Koopman (1993:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  13. Koopman (1994:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  14. Anderson (1997:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  15. Montenegro & Romero-Ruiz (2000:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34683)
  16. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  17. Lim (2007:789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1566)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  21. Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  23. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16709/22101100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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