Pteronotus portoricensis

(G. S. Miller, 1902)

Puerto Rican 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-09-12. Twenty new American bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(2):389-412.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309531

Original name as described

Chilonycteris portoricensis

Other common names

Puerto Rican Mustached Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:102358

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b9b7a7f7-44cc-4c3f-afad-c8a9fa7465da

Type locality

"cave near Pueblo Viejo [= Cueva di Fari]," Puerto Rico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Puerto Rico

Taxonomy notes

split from P. parnellii

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004863

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 portoricensis

(G. S. Miller, 1902)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

portoricensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:102358

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b9b7a7f7-44cc-4c3f-afad-c8a9fa7465da

Authority page

400

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309531

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Chilonycteris parnellii portoricensis

(G. M. Allen, 1911)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

portoricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815309

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1911:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)

Pteronotus parnellii portoricensis

J. D. Smith, 1972

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

portoricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132841

Authority publication

University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication

Name usages

  1. Smith (1972:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132841) (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)

Pteronotus portoricensis

A. C. Pavan & Marroig, 2016

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

portoricensis

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 #100000734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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