Lonchophylla mordax

O. Thomas, 1903

Brazilian 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

Thomas, O. 1903-10-01. Notes on South-American monkeys, bats, carnivores, and rodents, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(70):455-464.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993221

Original name as described

Lonchophylla mordax

Other common names

Goldman's Nectar Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.9.5.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55780f09-61b7-42d1-94c7-1a7ee0c58e1f

Type locality

"Lamarão, N.W. of Bahia [Brazil]. Alt. 300 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. concava

Taxonomy notes citation

Woodman, N. (2007). A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from western Colombia and western Ecuador (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 120(3), 340-358.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004937

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 mordax

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.9.5.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55780f09-61b7-42d1-94c7-1a7ee0c58e1f

Authority page

459

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993221

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1903:459, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15380)
  2. Thomas (1928:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19827)
  3. Vieira (1953:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61587)
  4. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Koopman (1993:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  9. Koopman (1994:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  10. Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
  11. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12267/22038521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

L. m. mordax

Koopman, 1994

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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