Glyphonycteris behnii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1865)

Behn's Big-eared Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Glyphonycterinae
Genus : Glyphonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Über die zu den Vampyri gehörigen Flederthiere und über die natürliche Stellung der Gattung Antrozous. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865:503-524.

Original name as described

Schizostoma Behnii

Other common names

Behn's Bat · Behn's Graybeard Bat

Type material

ZMB 5154

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cuyaba [= Cuiabá]," Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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