Lophostoma brasiliense

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Pygmy Round-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Fernere Mittheilungen zur Kenntniss der Flederthiere, namentlich über Arten des Leidener und Britischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:672-681.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053248

Original name as described

Lophostoma brasiliense

Other common names

Lesser Round-eared Bat · Little Round-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1849.11.7.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06a6ee7b-9045-436d-9391-9a2124769e56

Type locality

"Baía" (= Salvador), Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. nicaraguae

Taxonomy notes citation

Esquivel, D. A., Pereira, M. J. R., Stuhler, J. D., Rossoni, D. M., Velazco, P. M., & Bianchi, F. M. (2022). Multiples lines of evidence unveil cryptic diversity in the Lophostoma brasiliense (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) complex. Systematics and Biodiversity, 20(1), 2110172.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004972

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.

Tonatia minuta

(G. G. Goodwin, 1942)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

minutum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-71619

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-71619

Authority page

206

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Lophostoma brasiliense

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brasiliense

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1849.11.7.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06a6ee7b-9045-436d-9391-9a2124769e56

Authority page

674

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053248

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21984/115164165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lophostoma venezuelae

W. Robinson & Lyon, 1901

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

venezuelae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:102919

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e5460101-6191-4972-96ca-932d72a1ae0d

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15781980

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Tonatia brasiliense

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brasiliense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

54

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Tonatia venezuelae

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

venezuelae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

54

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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