Pteronotus davyi

J. E. Gray, 1838

Davy's Naked-backed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1838-02-01. A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), and the description of some new genera and species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2(12):483-505.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026403

Original name as described

Pteronotus Davyi

Other common names

Lesser Naked-backed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.4.74

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1aa2ad2c-16a4-4fe5-8f6b-45f6fa66d454

Type locality

"Trinidad [Island]," Trinidad and Tobago.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana? · Suriname? · French Guiana? · Brazil? · Guadeloupe · Dominica · Martinique · Saint Lucia · Grenada · Trinidad and Tobago · Curaçao · Peru

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. fulvus

Taxonomy notes citation

Davalos, L.M. 2006. The geography of diversification in the mormoopids (Chriptera: Mormoopidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 101-118.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004853

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.

Pteronotus Davyi

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

davyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.4.74

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1aa2ad2c-16a4-4fe5-8f6b-45f6fa66d454

Authority page

500

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026403

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  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 #18705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18705/22077399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteronotus davyi incae

J. D. Smith, 1972

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

incae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:11638

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132918

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 (2019:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Chilonycteris Davyi

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

davyi

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)

Pteronotus davyi davyi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

davyi

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 (2019:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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