Gardnerycteris koepckeae

(A. L. Gardner & J. L. Patton, 1972)

Koepcke's Hairy-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gardner, A.L. and Patton, J.L. 1972-09-13. New species of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) and Mimon (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 43:1-12.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.31390/opmns.043

Original name as described

Mimon koepckeae

Type material

LSUMZ:Mamm:16447

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Huanhuachayo (12° 44' S, 73° 47' W), elevation ca.1660 meters, Departamento de Ayacucho, Perú."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mimon to Gardnerycteris

Taxonomy notes citation

Hurtado-Miranda, N. E., & Pacheco-Torres, V. (2014). Análisis filogenético del género Mimon Gray, 1847 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) con la descripción de un nuevo género. Therya, 5(3), 751-791. · Morales-Martínez, D. M., Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Colmenares-Pinzón, J. E., & Gómez, L. G. (2020). The Koepcke's spear-nosed bat, Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner and Patton, 1972)(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), is not endemic to Peru: first record from the Amazon foothills of Colombia. Mammalia, 1(ahead-of-print).

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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