Pteronotus gymnonotus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Big 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

Wagner, J.A. 1843. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Handflügler. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1):365-368.

Original name as described

Chilonycteris gymnonotus

Type material

NMW (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cuyaba [= Cuiabá]," Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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