Mormoops megalophylla

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Peters's 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Hr. W. Peters berichtete über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Platydactylus, Otocryptis, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes) und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, _Capoëta_, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864:381-399.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180592

Original name as described

Mormops megalophylla

Other common names

Leaf-chinned Bat · Old-man Bat

Type material

ZMB 2826

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mexico." Restricted by J. D. Smith in 1972 to "Parrás, Coahuila, México."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Belize · Honduras · Guatemala · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Aruba · Bonaire · Curaçao

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ,NM,TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004851

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.

Mormoops megalophylla rufescens

W. B. Davis & D. C. Carter, 1962

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:9978

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=0e43aa4e-af50-47aa-83d2-4f36df0fabe3

Authority page

65

Authority publication

The Southwestern Naturalist

Name usages

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

Mormoops megalophylla carteri

J. D. Smith, 1972

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

carteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:11643

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132907

Authority publication

University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mormoops intermedia

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:102174

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ae9bb35e-f7f9-4b7e-989c-c1a4aa69034e

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308276

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Mormoops tumidiceps

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

tumidiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186443

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341bba9e9-7a13-4f6d-be11-dc39d576ed71

Authority page

403

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309534

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Mormoops megalophylla senicula

Rehn, 1902

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

seniculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:84801

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d2483fb3-13cf-4e41-a575-4d62ad620c8e

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309276

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Mormops megalophylla

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

megalophylla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2826

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180592

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Mormoops megalophylla

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

megalophylla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Ray, Olsen & Gut (1963:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12271)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13878/22086060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mormoops megalophylla megalophylla

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

megalophylla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mormoops megalophylla intermedia

Simmons, 2005

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Mormoops megalophylla tumidiceps

Simmons, 2005

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

tumidiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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