Choeronycteris mexicana

von Tschudi, 1844

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/40007856

Original name as described

Choeronycteris mexicana

Type material

ZMB 418

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mejico [= Mexico]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,AZ,NM,TX)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004902

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 mexicana

von Tschudi, 1844

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 418

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007856

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

  1. Peters (1868:366, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35989872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66063)
  2. True (1885:605, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Goodwin (1946:313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4776) (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/1004902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4776/22042479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Choeronycteris opercularis

von Tschudi, 1844

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

opercularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007856

Authority publication

St. Gallen

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