Pteronotus fuscus

(J. A. Allen, 1911)

Allen's Common Mustached 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

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1911-12-02. Mammals from Venezuela collected by Mr. M.A. Carriker, Jr., 1909-1911. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30(10):239-273.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1831

Original name as described

Chilonycteris rubiginosa fusca

Other common names

Allen's Mustached Bat

Type material

AMNH M-31561

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-31561

Type locality

"Las Quiguas, 5 miles [= 8 km] south of Puerto Cabello, altitude 650 feet [= 198 m], Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago

Taxonomy notes

split from P. parnellii

Taxonomy notes citation

Pavan, A.C., Marroig, G. 2016. Integrating multiple evidences in taxonomy: species diversity and phylogeny of mustached bats (Mormoopidae: Pteronotus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 184-198.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004855

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.

Chilonycteris rubiginosa fusca

(J. A. Allen, 1911)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-31561

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-31561

Authority page

262

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Chilonycteris parnellii fusca

(Linares, 1967)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

465

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Linares (1967:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67251)

Pteronotus parnellii fuscus

J. D. Smith, 1972

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132943

Authority publication

University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication

Name usages

  1. Smith (1972:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29213)
  2. Koopman (1994:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Gutiérrez & Molinari (2008:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1449)

Pteronotus fuscus

A. C. Pavan & Marroig, 2016

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

  1. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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