Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

L. Martínez & Villa-Ramírez, 1940

Lesser 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

Martínez, L. and Villa-Ramírez, B. 1940. Segunda contribución al conocimiento de los murciélagos méxicanos. II.—Estado de Guerrero. Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Zoología 11:291-361.

Original name as described

Leptonycteris nivalis yerbabuenae

Other common names

Sanborn's Long-nosed Bat · Tequila Bat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Yerbabuena, Estado de Guerrero," Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ,NM)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004916

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 yerbabuenae

L. Martínez & Villa-Ramírez, 1940

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

yerbabuenae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

313

Authority publication

Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Zoología

Leptonycteris nivalis sanborni

D. F. Hoffmeister, 1957

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

sanborni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSB:Mamm:275334

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:275334

Authority page

456

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Leptonycteris sanborni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

sanborni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority publication

London

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)

Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

Carstens, Lundrigan, & Myers, 2002

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

yerbabuenae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Name usages

  1. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136659/21988965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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