Lonchorhina orinocensis

Linares & Ojasti, 1971

Orinoco 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

Linares, O.J. and Ojasti, J. 1971. Una nueva especie de murciélago del género Lonchorhina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) del sur de Venezuela. Contribuciones Ocasionales del Museo de Historia Natural La Salle 36:1-8.

Original name as described

Lonchorhina orinocensis

Other common names

Orinocoan Sword-nosed Bat

Type material

MBUCV 1-0667

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Boca de Villacoa, Río Orinoco (50 km. NE de Puerto Páez), Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, a 65 mts. s.n.m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004949

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 orinocensis

Linares & Ojasti, 1971

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

orinocensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MBUCV 1-0667

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Contribuciones Ocasionales del Museo de Historia Natural La Salle

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12273/166505026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lonchorhina orinocoensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

orinocoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

54

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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