Choeroniscus periosus

Handley, 1966

Greater 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

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1966-05-23. Descriptions of new bats (Choeroniscus and Rhinophylla) from Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79:83-88.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562754

Original name as described

Choeroniscus periosus

Other common names

Handley's Long-tailed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:344918

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38da44a99-6b19-49ac-9e14-db9e744f1266

Type locality

"Rio Raposo, near sea level, 27 km south of Buenaventura, Departamento de Valle [del Cauca], Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004901

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.

Choeroniscus periosus

Handley, 1966

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

periosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:344918

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38da44a99-6b19-49ac-9e14-db9e744f1266

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562754

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4775/22042360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

C. p. periosus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

periosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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