Micronycteris minuta

(P. Gervais, 1855)

Tiny Big-eared Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Micronycterinae
Genus : Micronycteris
Subgenus : Schizonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gervais, P. 1855-07-23. Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du comte Francis de Castelnau, Mammifères. P. Bertrand, Paris, 116 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076234

Original name as described

Schizostoma minutum

Other common names

White-bellied Big-eared Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-1903-13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1903-13

Type locality

"Capella-Nova," Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

includes homezi, which has been considered a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Ochoa, J. G., & Sánchez, J. H. (2005). Taxonomic status of Micronycteris homezi (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). Mammalia, 69(3-4), 323-335.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004960

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.

Micronycteris hypoleuca

J. A. Allen, 1900

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hypoleuca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-15131

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15131

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1900:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15962)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Micronycteris megalotis homezi

Pirlot, 1967

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

homezi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBRG 22648

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

265

Authority publication

Mammalia

Schizostoma minutum

(P. Gervais, 1855)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

minuta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-1903-13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1903-13

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076234

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gray (1866:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)

Micronycteris minuta

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

minuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

53

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13380/22125019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Micronycteris homezi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

homezi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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