Anoura latidens

Handley, 1984

Broad-toothed 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

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1984-08-17. New species of mammals from northern South America: a long-tongued bat, genus Anoura Gray. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97(3):513-521.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642304

Original name as described

Anoura latidens

Type material

USNM:MAMM:370119

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b4df6096-a876-4d3f-b5b9-75936fd47e27

Type locality

"on Pico Avila, 2150 m, 5 km NNE Caracas (= "Hotel Humbolt [sic], 9.4 km N Caracas"), Distrito Federal, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described carishina

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. · Mantilla-Meluk, H., & Baker, R. J. (2010). New species of Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with systematic remarks and notes on the distribution of the A. geoffroyi complex. Museum of Texas Tech University, 92, 1-19. · Calderón-Acevedo, C. A., Rodríguez-Posada, M. E., & Muchhala, N. (2021). Morphology and genetics concur that Anoura carishina is a synonym of Anoura latidens (Chiroptera, Glossophaginae). Mammalia, 85(5). https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-0183

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004896

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 latidens

Handley, 1984

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

latidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:370119

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b4df6096-a876-4d3f-b5b9-75936fd47e27

Authority page

513

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642304

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Koopman (1993:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Koopman (1994:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1568/22106814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anoura carishina

Mantilla-Meluk & R. J. Baker, 2010

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

carishina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ICN 14530

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826877

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Mantilla-Meluk & Baker (2010:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21631)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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