Phyllostomus elongatus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1810. Sur les phyllostomes et les mégadermes, deux genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 15:157-198.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546867 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546876

Original name as described

Phyllostoma elongatum

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1044 (= MNHN A 2)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1044

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Rio Branco, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004981

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.

Phyllostoma elongatum

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

elongatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1044 (= MNHN A 2)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1044

Authority page

182, 185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546867 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546876

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1842:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phyllostomus elongatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

elongatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17217/22135836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Alectops ater

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627562

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phyllostoma lanceolatum

von Pelzeln, 1883

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lanceolatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9423230

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien

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