Brachyphylla cavernarum

J. E. Gray, 1834

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Glossophaginae
Tribe : Brachyphyllini
Genus : Brachyphylla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1834-03-12. Specimens were exhibited of a Bat, which had recently been obtained by the Society from the collection of the late Rev. Lansdown Guilding, Corr. Memb. Z. S. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833:122-123.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859563

Original name as described

Brachyphylla cavernarum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1977.2746

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/437d06ac-6de2-4b7c-904c-0970c2d69d8f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88682a45-6bdc-46b6-a34c-e6485ca1a0a5

Type locality

"St. Vincent's [Lesser Antilles], Indiæ Occidentalis [= West Indies]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Puerto Rico · British Virgin Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Antigua and Barbuda · Barbados · Dominica · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004883

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.

Brachyphylla cavernarum

J. E. Gray, 1834

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cavernarum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1977.2746

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/437d06ac-6de2-4b7c-904c-0970c2d69d8f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88682a45-6bdc-46b6-a34c-e6485ca1a0a5

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859563

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1837:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67308)
  2. Gervais (1837:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38619)
  3. Gray (1839:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20193)
  4. Lesson (1842:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Gray (1866:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  9. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2982/22039359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Brachyphylla cavernarum intermedia

Swanepoel & Genoways, 1978

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 44707

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52295638

Authority publication

Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Brachyphylla minor

G. S. Miller, 1913

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101528

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a8367ba7-9b0e-4235-9db7-6924ec1aa770

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337809

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Brachyphyllum cavernarum

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cavernarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

605

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306399

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:605, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Brachyphylla cavernarum cavernarum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cavernarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Brachyphylla cavernarum minor

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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