Pteronotus macleayii

(J. E. Gray, 1839)

Macleay's 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1839-09-01. Descriptions of some Mammalia discovered in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay, Esq. With some account of their habits, extracted from Mr. MacLeay's notes. Annals of Natural History (1)4(21):1-7.

Original name as described

Chilonycteris MacLeayii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1838.6.21.8

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Cuba." Restricted by G. Silva-Taboada in 1976 to Guanabacoa, Havana Province, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Jamaica

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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