Pteronotus paraguanensis

Linares & Ojasti, 1974

Paraguana 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

Linares, O.J. and Ojasti, J. 1974-04. Una nueva subespecie del murciélago _Pteronotus parnellii_, en las cuevas de la Península de Paraguaná, Venezuela (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleología 5(1):73-78.

Authority publication link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Omar-Linares/publication/292778065_Adiciones_a_la_fauna_de_murcielagos_de_Venezuela_con_notas_sobre_las_especies_del_genero_Diclidurus_Chiroptera/links/5ff6000ca6fdccdcb837195a/Adiciones-a-la-fauna-de-murcielagos-de-Venezuela-con-notas-sobre-las-especies-del-genero-Diclidurus-Chiroptera.pdf

Original name as described

Pteronotus parnellii paraguanensis

Other common names

Paraguana Mustached Bat

Type material

EBRG 2073

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cueva de Piedra Honda, 7 km SW Pueblo Nuevo, 120 m, Península de Paraguaná, Estado Falcón, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004860

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 parnellii paraguanensis

Linares & Ojasti, 1974

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

paraguanensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBRG 2073

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleología

Name usages

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

Pteronotus paraguanensis

Gutiérrez & Molinari, 2008

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

paraguanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Gutiérrez & Molinari (2008:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1449)
  2. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136610/21987754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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