Choeroniscus godmani

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Godman's Long-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-03-01. Two new glossophagine bats from central America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11(63):286-289.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367835

Original name as described

Choeronycteris Godmani

Other common names

Godman's Long-tongued Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.12.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a7a97ee-3492-4ca7-a281-dff814312cdd

Type locality

"Guatemala."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

Taxonomy notes citation

Garbino, G. S., Brandão, M. V., & da Cunha Tavares, V. (2022). First confirmed records of Godman’s Long-tailed Bat, Choeroniscus godmani (Thomas, 1903)(Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), from Brazil and Panama. Check List, 18(3), 493-499.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004899

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.

Choeronycteris Godmani

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

godmani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.12.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a7a97ee-3492-4ca7-a281-dff814312cdd

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367835

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Choeroniscus godmani

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

godmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

312

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4772/22041805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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