Anoura caudifer

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Tailed 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1818. Sur de nouvelles chauve-souris, sous le nom de Glossophages. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 4:411-421.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812498

Original name as described

Glossophaga caudifer

Other common names

Lesser Tailless Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1566 (= MNHN ? 937)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1566

Type locality

"Rio de Janeiro," Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Argentina · Paraguay?

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. aequatoris

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004891

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.

Glossophaga caudifer

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

caudifer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1566 (= MNHN ? 937)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1566

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812498

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lonchoglossa caudifera

(W. C. H. Peters, 1868)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

caudifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35989870

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1868:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35989870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66063)

Anoura caudifera caudifera

M. E. Thomas, 1972

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

caudifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling · unpublished_thesis

Authority page

149

Authority publication

Tulane University

Name usages

Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)

Anoura caudifer

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

caudifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Reis & Muller (1995:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34685)
  4. Reis, Peracchi & Sekiama (1999:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40441)
  5. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Mantilla-Meluk & Baker (2006:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57665331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1312)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88108473/88185102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Glossophaga ecaudata

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ecaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812498

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Anoura caudifera

Linares, 1967

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

caudifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

464

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Linares (1967:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67251)
  2. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

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