Phyllonycteris aphylla

(G. S. Miller, 1898)

Jamaican Flower Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1898-08-02. Descriptions of five new phyllostome bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 50:326-337.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647828

Original name as described

Reithronycteris aphylla

Type material

USNM:MAMM:255514

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fa9582f8-dc20-4b3c-bc34-822bd6683a2d

Type locality

"Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Jamaica

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004887

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.

Reithronycteris aphylla

(G. S. Miller, 1898)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aphylla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:255514

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fa9582f8-dc20-4b3c-bc34-822bd6683a2d

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647828

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Koopman & Williams (1951:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1706)

Phyllonycteris aphylla

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aphylla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:162) (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 #17173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17173/22133396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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