Pteronotus psilotis

(Dobson, 1878)

Dobson's Lesser 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

Dobson, G.E. 1878-06-15. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, London, 567 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695517

Original name as described

Chilonycteris psilotis

Other common names

Dobson's Mustached Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1850.8.29.3, BMNH:Mamm:1850.8.29.4

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/283ed247-f9b3-481b-8cb4-52dea135da38 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/caab945f-6ba5-4d7e-b75f-b04611bb2490

Type locality

type locality unknown. Restricted by L. de la Torre in 1955 to "Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras

Taxonomy notes

split from P. personatus

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/1004864

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 psilotis

(Dobson, 1878)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

psilotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1850.8.29.3, BMNH:Mamm:1850.8.29.4

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/283ed247-f9b3-481b-8cb4-52dea135da38 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/caab945f-6ba5-4d7e-b75f-b04611bb2490

Authority page

451

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695517

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Chilonycteris torrei continentis

(Sanborn, 1938)

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

continentis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 77085

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

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

Pteronotus psilotis

Burt & Stirton, 1961

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

psilotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Burt & Stirton (1961:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  2. Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Pteronotus personatus psilotis

J. D. Smith, 1972

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

psilotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132928

Authority publication

University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication

Name usages

  1. Smith (1972:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132928) (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)

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