Anoura aequatoris

(Lönnberg, 1921)

Ecuadorean Tailless Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Lönnberg, E. 1921. A second contribution to the mammalogy of Ecuador with some remarks on Caenolestes. Arkiv för Zoologi 14(4):1-104.

Original name as described

Lonchoglossa wiedi aequatoris

Type material

NHRM 6

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ilambo [= Illambo], near Gualea, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

split from A. caudifer, although some authors have recently retained the species under A. caudifer; the species is retained here following the most recent publication

Taxonomy notes citation

Mantilla-Meluk, H., & Baker, R. J. (2006). Systematics of small Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with description of a new species. Museum of Texas Tech University, 261, 1-18. · Kunz, T. H. (2008). Taxonomic history of the genus Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with insights into the challenges of morphological species delimitation. Acta Chiropterologica, 10(2), 257-269. · Griffiths, T.A., Gardner, A.L., 2008. Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845. In: Gardner, A. (Ed.), Mammals of South America, Vol 1. Marsupials, Xenarthrans,Shrews, and Bats. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 224–244. · Calderón-Acevedo, C. A., Bagley, J. C., & Muchhala, N. (2022). Genome-wide ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history among Neotropical leaf-nosed bats in the genus Anoura (Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 167, 107356. · Molinari, J., Guitiérrez, E. E., & Lim, B. K. (2023). Systematics and biogeography of Anoura cultrata (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): a morphometric, niche modeling, and genetic perspective, with a taxonomic reappraisal of the genus. Zootaxa, 5297(2), 151-188.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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