Lionycteris spurrelli

O. Thomas, 1913

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1913-09-01. A new genus of glossophagine bat from Colombia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12(69):270-271.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099758

Original name as described

Lionycteris spurrelli

Other common names

Spurrell's Long-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/debf9a21-c604-47c3-9870-15985815ae5c

Type locality

"Condoto, Choco, Colombia. Alt. 300' [= 91 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004928

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.

Lionycteris spurrelli

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spurrelli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/debf9a21-c604-47c3-9870-15985815ae5c

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099758

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12078/22099972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lionycteris spurreli

Coimbra, Borges, D. Q. Guerra, & D. A. Mello, 1982

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spurreli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

37

Authority publication

IBDF, Bol. Técnico

Lionycteris spurelli

Cuervo Díaz, Hernández Camacho, & Cadena, 1986

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spurelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

478

Authority publication

Caldasia

Name usages

  1. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  2. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)

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