Brachyphylla nana

G. S. Miller, 1902

Cuban 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

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/10309540

Original name as described

Brachyphylla nana

Other common names

Antillean Nectar Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:103828

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f8b5468f-d2a3-4031-a55e-a7af8c879deb

Type locality

"El Guama [Pinar del Río], Cuba."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Turks and Caicos Islands · Cayman Islands · Haiti · Dominican Republic

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004884

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 nana

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:103828

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f8b5468f-d2a3-4031-a55e-a7af8c879deb

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309540

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2983/22039031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Brachyphylla pumila

G. S. Miller, 1918

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:218354

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31b1921b0-fb11-466b-894c-eefb32122bd8

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332154

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Koopman & Williams (1951:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1706)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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