Peropteryx trinitatis

G. S. Miller, 1899

Trinidad 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 : Peropteryx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1899-10-20. Descriptions of three new free-tailed bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(12):173-181.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/776

Original name as described

Peropteryx trinitatis

Other common names

Trinidadian Dog-like Bat

Type material

AMNH MS-7496

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7496

Type locality

"Port of Spain, Trinidad."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Aruba · Trinidad and Tobago · Grenada · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004791

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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 trinitatis

G. S. Miller, 1899

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

trinitatis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-7496

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7496

Authority page

178

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136790/22035534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peropteryx canina phaea

G. M. Allen, 1911

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

phaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:8101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:8101

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815306

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1911:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)

P. m. phaea

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

phaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. m. trinitatis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

trinitatis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Peropteryx trinitatis phaea

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

phaea

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 trinitatis trinitatis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

trinitatis

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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