Carollia benkeithi

Solari & R. J. Baker, 2006

Ben Keith's Short-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Carolliinae
Genus : Carollia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Solari, S. and Baker, R.J. 2006. Mitochondrial DNA sequence, karyotypic, and morphological variation in the _Carollia castanea_ species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with description of a new species. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 254:1-16.

Original name as described

Carollia benkeithi

Other common names

Benkeith's Short-tailed Bat

Type material

TTU-M46187

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"2 km S of Tingo María, Province of Leoncio Prado, Department of Huánuco, Peru, at approximately 9° 18' S, 75° 59' W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Solari, S. and Baker, R.J. 2006. Mitochondrial DNA Sequence, Karyotypic, and Morphological Variation in the Carollia castanea Species Complex (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with Description of a New Species. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University, 254, 1-16.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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