Diphylla ecaudata

von Spix, 1823

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Desmodontinae
Tribe : Diphyllini
Genus : Diphylla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spix, J.B. von. 1823. Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S. M. le roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Franciscus Seraphicus Hübschmann, Munich, 72 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826997

Original name as described

Diphylla ecaudata

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Brasil." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Río San Francisco, Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States? · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil

Subregion distribution

USA(TX?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004882

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.

Diphylla centralis

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.3.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9f34a64-07d7-4ba0-a2d4-17e4cb68708d

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62876501

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Diphylla ecaudata

von Spix, 1823

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ecaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826997

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gray (1866:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  3. True (1885:605, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  4. Allen (1900:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15962)
  5. Goodwin (1946:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:155, 156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6628/22040157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Glossophaga diphylla

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

diphylla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Diphylla ecaudata centralis

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

328

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Diphylla ecaudata ecaudata

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ecaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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