Anoura geoffroyi

J. E. Gray, 1838

Geoffroy's Tailless Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1838-02-01. A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), and the description of some new genera and species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2(12):483-505.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026393

Original name as described

Anoura Geoffroyi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:11a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c76d9544-f833-48e2-900a-c0bfe4df3a98

Type locality

"Brazil." Restricted by C. O. C. Vieira in 1942 to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Grenada · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. peruana

Taxonomy notes citation

Mantilla-Meluk, H. and Baker, R.J. 2006. Systematics of small Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with description of a new species. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 261:1-18. a#1312 · Jarrín-Valladares, P. and 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. doi:10.3161/150811008X414836 · Griffiths, T.A. and Gardner, A.L. 2008. Subfamily Glossophaginae. Pp. 224–244 in Gardner, A.L. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 690 pp. a#25718 · Calderón-Acevedo, C.A., Bagley, J.C. and Muchhala, N.C. 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107356 · Molinari, J., Gutiérrez, E.E. and 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004894

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.

Anoura Geoffroyi

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:11a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c76d9544-f833-48e2-900a-c0bfe4df3a98

Authority page

490

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026393

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Bonaparte (1847:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57050)
  3. Gray (1866:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  4. Anthony (1921:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8839)
  5. Thomas (1928:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19827)
  6. Sanborn (1932:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52371675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34803)
  7. Goodwin (1946:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  8. Miller & Kellogg (1955:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7669877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
  9. Felten (1956:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67592)
  10. Handley (1960:464, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34494)
  11. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  12. Burt & Stirton (1961:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  13. Goodwin (1969:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  14. Ruschi (1970:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34721)
  15. Watkins, Jones & Genoways (1972:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71630)
  16. Husson (1978:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  17. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  18. Genoways, Williams & Groen (1981:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52335078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26122)
  19. Hall (1981:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  20. Anderson, Koopman & Creighton (1982:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62307448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35296)
  21. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:150, 151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  22. Corbet & Hill (1991:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  23. Koopman (1993:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  24. Koopman (1994:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  25. Anderson (1997:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  26. Montenegro & Romero-Ruiz (2000:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34683)
  27. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  28. Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
  29. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  30. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  31. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  32. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  33. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  34. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88109511/88109515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anura Wiedii

W. C. H. Peters, 1869

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

wiedii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276611

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Allen (1898:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26887739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14842)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Anura geoffroyi

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992593

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1893:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16303)

Glossonycteris geoffroyi

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422944

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Anoura geofroyi

C. O. da C. Vieira, 1942

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

geofroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

324

Authority publication

Arquivos de zoologia do estado de São Paulo

Anoura geoffroyi geoffroyi

G. G. Goodwin & Greenhall, 1961

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

246

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  2. Ruschi (1970:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34721)
  3. Husson (1978:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  4. Genoways, Williams & Groen (1981:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52335078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26122)
  5. Hall (1981:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  6. Anderson, Koopman & Creighton (1982:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62307448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35296)
  7. Koopman (1994:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Anderson (1997:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  9. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Anoura geofroyii

M. A. R. Mello & Schittini, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

geofroyii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Chiroptera Neotropical

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