Leptonycteris nivalis

(de Saussure, 1860)

Greater 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

Saussure, H.L.F. de. 1860-11. Note sur quelques Mammifères du Mexique. Septième article. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)12(11):479-494.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264871

Original name as described

Ischnoglossa nivalis

Other common names

Mexican Long-nosed Bat

Type material

MHNG 515.97

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"près de la limite des neiges du pic d'Orizaba, au bord d'une forêt de pins [= near snow line of Mount Orizaba, at the edge of a pine forest]," Veracruz, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(TX)

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004915

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 nivalis longala

Stains, 1957

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

longala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:33087

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=916c372c-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978455

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ischnoglossa nivalis

(de Saussure, 1860)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nivalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 515.97

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

492

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264871

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Peters (1868:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35989869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66063)
  2. True (1885:605, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Leptonycteris nivalis

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nivalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

314

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11697/22126172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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