Phyllostomus latifolius

O. Thomas, 1901

Guianan 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

Thomas, O. 1901-08-01. On a Collection of Mammals from the Kanuku Mountains, British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(44):139-154.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980186

Original name as described

Phyllostoma latifolium

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.4.43

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7043452-cb6f-4030-83ce-61d671707ee4

Type locality

"Kanuku Mountains," Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004983

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 latifolium

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

latifolius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.4.43

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7043452-cb6f-4030-83ce-61d671707ee4

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980186

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Phyllostomus latifolius

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

latifolius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Montenegro & Romero-Ruiz (2000:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34683)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17219/22136110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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