Micronycteris sanborni

Simmons, 1996

Sanborn's 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

Simmons, N.B. 1996-02-14. A new species of Micronycteris (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from northeastern Brazil: with comments on phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3158:1-34.

Original name as described

Micronycteris sanborni

Type material

USNM:MAMM:555702

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sitio Luanda, Itaitera, 4 km S of Crato," Ceará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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