Musonycteris harrisoni

Schaldach & McLaughlin, 1960

Banana Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schaldach, W.J., Jr. and McLaughlin, C.A. 1960-05-19. A new genus and species of glossophagine bat from Colima, Mexico. Contributions in Science 37:1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52109769

Original name as described

Musonycteris harrisoni

Other common names

Colima Long-nosed Bat · Trumpet-nosed Bat

Type material

LACM:Mamm:11480

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=8aaf42e0-14dc-4cdf-8a3e-ec272bc46cff

Type locality

"2 km. southeast of Pueblo Juárez (formerly Hacienda La Magdalena), Colima, México."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004907

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.

Musonycteris harrisoni

Schaldach & McLaughlin, 1960

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

harrisoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:11480

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=8aaf42e0-14dc-4cdf-8a3e-ec272bc46cff

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52109769

Authority publication

Contributions in Science

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:161, 162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14003/22099002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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