Mormoops blainvillei

Leach, 1821

Antillean Ghost-faced Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Mormoopidae
Genus : Mormoops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Leach, W.E. 1821-06-21. The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):73-82.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754805

Original name as described

Mormoops Blainvillii

Other common names

Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat

Type locality

"Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Jamaica · Dominican Republic · Haiti · Puerto Rico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004850

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.

Aëllo Cuvieri

(Leach, 1821)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.68

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6599fa7a-1c10-40d9-a4e7-18b0e60eef48 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7bf39e6e-0f86-4f3d-984b-859948511f4d

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754798

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Lobostoma cinnamomeum

(J. Gundlach, 1840)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

cinnamomeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203178

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Mormops Blainvilii

Lesson, 1827

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvilii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207554

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Mormops Blainvillei

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

604

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Mormoops Blainvillii

Leach, 1821

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754805

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1839:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20193)
  2. Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Smith (1842:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Mormoops Blainvillei

P. Gervais, 1837

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

253

Authority publication

L'Institut

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1837:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67308)
  2. Gervais (1837:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38619)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13877/22085914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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