Lophostoma schulzi

(Genoways & S. L. Williams, 1980)

Schulz's 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

Genoways, H.H. and Williams, S.L. 1980-07-07. Results of the Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. I. A new species of bat of the genus Tonatia (Mammalia: Phyllostomatidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 49:203-211.

Original name as described

Tonatia schulzi

Type material

CM 63687

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"3 km SW Rudi Kappelvliegveld, 320 m, Brokopondo, Suriname."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

may be included under Tonatia based on chromosomal similarities, although further research is needed

Taxonomy notes citation

da Silva, N. K. N., Nagamachi, C. Y., Rodrigues, L. R. R., O’Brien, P. C. M., Yang, F., Ferguson-Smith, M. A., & Pieczarka, J. C. (2022). Chromosome painting and phylogenetic analysis suggest that the genus Lophostoma (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) is paraphyletic. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-11.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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