Trachops cirrhosus

(von Spix, 1823)

Common Fringe-lipped Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spix, J.B. von. 1823. Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S. M. le roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Franciscus Seraphicus Hübschmann, Munich, 72 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826993

Original name as described

Vampyrus cirrhosus

Other common names

Frog-eating Bat · Fringe-lipped Bat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by A. M. Husson in 1962 to Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. coffini and T. ehrhardti

Taxonomy notes citation

Leite, Y., Gregorin, R., Tavares, V., Monteiro, C., Prado, J., Chiquito, E., ... & Ditchfield, A. (2019). Taxonomia integrativa revela diversidade críptica em Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). Dissertation. · Fonseca, B. D. S., Soto-Centeno, J. A., Simmons, N. B., Ditchfield, A. D., & Leite, Y. L. (2024). A species complex in the iconic frog-eating bat Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with high variation in the heart of the Neotropics. American Museum Novitates, 2024(4021), 1-27. · Camacho, M. A., Menendez-Guerrero, P. A., Horvath, B., Cadar, D., & Murienne, J. (2024). A polytypic species revisited: Phylogenetic and morphological variation, taxonomic status, and geographical distribution of Trachops (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Mammalogy, gyae067.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004967

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.

Trachops fuliginosus

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.2.18.9

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a193cc5e-5a1c-4e0d-9608-e780232eb7d8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b350aa30-ab93-4c4a-8f25-9078579ad8fa

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862798

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Vampyrus cirrhosus

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cirrhosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826993

Authority publication

Munich

Phyllostoma angusticeps

(P. Gervais, 1855)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

angusticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Montpellier CHI-073-001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076231

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Vampirus cirrhosus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cirrhosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Trachyops cirrhosus

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cirrhosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627563

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  2. True (1885:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Trachops cirrhosus

J. A. Allen, 1900

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cirrhosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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. Goodwin (1946:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22029/22042903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trachops cirrhosus cirrhosus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cirrhosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vampyris cirrhosum

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cirrhosum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862798

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Trachops cirrhosa

Cabrera, 1958

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cirrhosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

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