Lonchorhina aurita

Tomes, 1863

Common Sword-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Lonchorhininae
Genus : Lonchorhina

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tomes, R.F. 1863-05. On a new genus and species of leaf-nosed bats in the museum at Fort Pitt. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(1):81-84.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681389

Original name as described

Lonchorhina aurita

Other common names

Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.4.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/509ad685-6dcb-455d-931d-73627a418983

Type locality

West Indies. Restricted by O. Thomas in 1893 to Trinidad.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004944

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.

Lonchorhina occidentalis

H. E. Anthony, 1923

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-62101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-62101

Authority page

13

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Lonchorhina aurita

Tomes, 1863

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.4.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/509ad685-6dcb-455d-931d-73627a418983

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681389

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  2. True (1885:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Goodwin (1946:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Linares (1967:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67251)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12270/22039503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lonchorhina aurita aurita

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Lonchorhina aurita occidentalis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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