Phyllostomus discolor

J. A. Wagner, 1843

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Close-up ventral view of head and body
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Location:Costa Rica, Guanacaste, La PacificaDate taken:Jan 1, 1968

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 368

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1843. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Handflügler. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1):365-368.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703397

Original name as described

Phyllostoma discolor

Type material

ZSM 133

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cuyaba, " Mato Grasso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004980

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Phyllostoma discolor

J. A. Wagner, 1843

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 133

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703397

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Giebel (1855:976, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Trouessart (1897:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
  5. Trouessart (1904:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Phyllostoma innominatum

von Tschudi, 1844

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

innominatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089021

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Tschudi (1844:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phyllostoma innominatum

von Tschudi, 1844

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

innominatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007846

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

Schmarda (1853:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)

Phyllostoma verrucossum

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

verrucossus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:14118

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=526b8da3-09de-459e-a73c-91f5c541e884

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265706

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Elliot (1905:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15532)

Phyllostomus verrucosus

G. S. Miller, 1907

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

verrucosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112330

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Miller (1907:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
  2. Miller (1912:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
  3. Sanborn (1932:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52371674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34803)

Phyllostomus discolor

G. S. Miller, 1907

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112330

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Miller (1907:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
  2. Goodwin (1946:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Hall & Jackson (1953:644, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17252)
  4. Felten (1956:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67592)
  5. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  6. Burt & Stirton (1961:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  7. Goodwin (1969:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  8. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  9. Husson (1978:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Hall (1981:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:162, 163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. McCarthy (1987:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1818)
  14. Corbet & Hill (1991:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  15. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  16. Koopman (1993:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  17. Koopman (1994:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  18. Anderson (1997:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  19. Montenegro & Romero-Ruiz (2000:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34683)
  20. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  21. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  22. Acevedo-Charry, Henao-Rodríguez & Morales-Martínez (2018:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69629)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  25. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  26. Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
  27. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  28. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17216/22136476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phyllostomus discolor verrucosus

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

verrucosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Felten (1956:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67592)
  3. Goodwin (1969:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  4. Hall (1981:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  5. McCarthy (1987:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1818)
  6. Koopman (1994:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Phyllostomus discolor discolor

E. R. Hall & W. B. Jackson, 1953

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

644

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715698

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hall & Jackson (1953:644, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17252)
  2. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  3. Husson (1978:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  4. Koopman (1994:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  5. Anderson (1997:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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