Saccopteryx bilineata

(Temminck, 1838)

Greater Sac-winged Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1838. Over de geslachten Taphozous, Emballonura, Urocryptus en Diclidurus. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 5(1-2):1-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474807

Original name as described

Urocryptus bilineatus

Other common names

Greater White-lined Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.17461.a, RMNH.MAM.17461.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17461.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17461.b

Type locality

"Surinam [= Suriname]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004794

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.

Saccopteryx perspicillifer

G. S. Miller, 1899

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

perspicillifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-7508

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7508

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Saccopteryx bilineata centralis

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.8.8.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a86c652-70c6-41c6-9743-e5e44238ea1b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63e5a6e3-2276-48b5-a5fe-e6f17e81f56d

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108337

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Emballonura insignis

(J. A. Wagner, 1855)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

695

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544802

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Urocryptus bilineatus

(Temminck, 1838)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

bilineata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17461.a, RMNH.MAM.17461.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17461.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17461.b

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474807

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

Lesson (1842:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Saccopteryx bilineata

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

bilineata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

603

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Allen (1900:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15962)
  3. Goodwin (1946:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:131, 132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19804/22004716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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