Scleronycteris ega

O. Thomas, 1912

Ega 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 : Scleronycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-10-01. New bats and rodents from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(58):403-411.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640476

Original name as described

Scleronycteris ega

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.671

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/beb9123d-98fa-40b2-9129-e2fb622af9c0

Type locality

"Ega, Amazons [= Amazonas]," Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004908

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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.

Scleronycteris ega

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ega

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.671

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/beb9123d-98fa-40b2-9129-e2fb622af9c0

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640476

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:163, 164) (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 #20033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20033/22027237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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