Monophyllus plethodon

G. S. Miller, 1900

Insular Single-leaf Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-03-30. The bats of the genus Monophyllus. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:31-38.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872039

Original name as described

Monophyllus plethodon

Other common names

Insular Long-tongued Bat · Lesser Antillean Long-tongued Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:101530

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d9b8f53d-8f50-4edf-b424-5cf6a9d50d3e

Type locality

St. Michael Parish, Barbados, Lesser Antilles.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Sint Maarten · Montserrat · Guadeloupe · Dominica · Martinique · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Barbados

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004917

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.

Monophyllus frater

H. E. Anthony, 1917

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-40941

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-40941

Authority page

565

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Monophyllus plethodon

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

plethodon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101530

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d9b8f53d-8f50-4edf-b424-5cf6a9d50d3e

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872039

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:161) (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 #13719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13719/22112320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Monophyllus luciae

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

luciae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:106095

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d6563f7d-fc7c-4f2a-8d19-d1ac11ed7c5e

Authority page

411

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309542

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Monophyllus plethodon frater

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Monophyllus plethodon luciae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

luciae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Monophyllus plethodon plethodon

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

plethodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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