Leptonycteris curasoae

G. S. Miller, 1900

Southern Long-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-04-06. Three new bats from the island of Curaçao. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13:123-127.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308173

Original name as described

Leptonycteris curasoae

Other common names

Curaçaoan Long-nosed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:101851

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33a7787bf-4ae8-44b4-8fcf-3230da62e716

Type locality

"Curaçao, West Indies." Restricted by M. W. Lyon and W. H. Osgood in 1909 to "Willemstad, Curaçao, West Indies."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Aruba · Curaçao · Bonaire

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004914

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.

Leptonycteris curasoae

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

curasoae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101851

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33a7787bf-4ae8-44b4-8fcf-3230da62e716

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308173

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:157) (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 #11699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11699/22126917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leptonycteris curasoae tarlosti

Pirlot, 1965

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

tarlosti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste Canadien

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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