Lonchorhina fernandezi

Ochoa & Ibáñez, 1984

Fernandez's 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

Ochoa, J.R. and Ibáñez, C. 1984. Nuevo murciélago del género Lonchorhina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 42:145-159.

Original name as described

Lonchorhina fernandezi

Type material

MHNLS 5030

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"entre Puerto Ayacucho y El Burro," 40–50 km NE of Puerto Ayacucho (along the highway), Amazonas, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004945

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Names and synonyms

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Lonchorhina fernandezi

Ochoa & Ibáñez, 1984

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

fernandezi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNLS 5030

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12271/22039142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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