Lonchophylla hesperia

G. M. Allen, 1908

Western Nectar Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1908. Notes on Chiroptera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52(3):25-62.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30092973

Original name as described

Lonchophylla hesperia

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:7011

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:7011

Type locality

"Zorritos," Tumbes Department, northern Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004935

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 hesperia

G. M. Allen, 1908

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hesperia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:7011

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:7011

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30092973

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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. 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 #12266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12266/22038705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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