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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528920Original 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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