Lichonycteris obscura

O. Thomas, 1895

Dark 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 : Lichonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-06-28. On small mammals from Nicaragua and Bogota. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(91):55-60.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122536

Original name as described

Lichonycteris obscura

Other common names

Dark Brown Long-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.4.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3fa6284e-7f81-4c9d-a59f-b812191e70a7

Type locality

"Managua," Nicaragua.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. degener

Taxonomy notes citation

Griffiths, T. A., & A. L. Gardner. 2008. Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845. Pp. 224-244 in Mammals of South America. Volume 1. Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats (Gardner, A. L., ed.). The University of Chicago Press. Chicago.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004906

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.

Lichonycteris obscura

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

obscura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.4.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3fa6284e-7f81-4c9d-a59f-b812191e70a7

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122536

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88120245/22057648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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