Anoura peruana
(von Tschudi, 1844)
Tschudi's 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
Authority citation
Tschudi, J.J. von. 1844. [Part 2]. Pp. 21–76 in Tschudi, J.J. von. 1844-1845. Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin und Zollikofer, St. Gallen, 262 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007855Original name as described
Choeronycteris peruana
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
Hacienda der Cejaregion 5000' [= 1524 m] ü. M. am Ostabhange der Binnencordillera, Junín, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Peru · Ecuador · Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
split from A. geoffroyi, although some authors have recently retained the species under A. geoffroyi; 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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