Macrophyllum macrophyllum

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Long-legged Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Phyllostominae
Tribe : Macrophyllini
Genus : Macrophyllum

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 894 pp.

Original name as described

Phyllostoma macrophyllum

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"In den Wäldern von Brasilien." Restricted by M. P. zu Wied-Neuwied in 1826 as "Flusse Mucuri [= Mucuri River]," Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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