Xeronycteris vieirai
Gregorin & Ditchfield, 2005
Vieira's 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 | : Xeronycteris |
Species status
Authority citation
Gregorin, R. and Ditchfield, A.D. 2005-04. New genus and species of nectar-feeding bat in the tribe Lonchophyllini (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) from northeastern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 86(2):403-414.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1644/BRB-229.1Original name as described
Xeronycteris vieirai
Other common names
Vieira's Flower Bat
Type material
MZUSP 29777 (+ MVZ:Mamm:186020)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:186020Type locality
"Fazenda Espirito Santo, Município de Soledade, state of Paraíba, Brazil (07°05'S, 36°21'W)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
Taxonomy notes
recently described genus and species
Taxonomy notes citation
Gregorin, R., & Ditchfield, A. D. (2005). New genus and species of nectar-feeding bat in the tribe Lonchophyllini (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) from northeastern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy, 86(2), 403-414.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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