Hsunycteris thomasi

(J. A. Allen, 1904)

Thomas's Nectar Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Lonchophyllinae
Tribe : Hsunycterini
Genus : Hsunycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1904-06-29. New bats from tropical America, with note on species of Otopterus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(20):227-237.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/668

Original name as described

Lonchophylla thomasi

Other common names

Thomas's Small Nectar Bat

Type material

AMNH M-16120

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-16120

Type locality

"Cuidad [sic] Bolivar," Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Lonchophylla to the recently described Hsunycteris

Taxonomy notes citation

Parlos, J. A., Timm, R. M., Swier, V. J., Zeballos, H., & Baker, R. J. (2014). Evaluation of the paraphyletic assemblages within Lonchophyllinae, with description of a new tribe and genus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University, 320, 1-23.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004927

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.

Lonchophylla thomasi

(J. A. Allen, 1904)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-16120

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-16120

Authority page

230

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:158, 159) (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. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12269/22039689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hsunycteris thomasi

Parlos, Timm, Swier, Zeballos, & R. J. Baker, 2014

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57786068

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Parlos, Timm, Swier, Zeballos & Baker (2014:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57786068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17671)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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