Tonatia saurophila

Koopman & E. E. Williams, 1951

Jamaican 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 : Tonatia

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Koopman, K.F. and Williams, E.E. 1951-06-04. Fossil Chiroptera collected by H. E. Anthony in Jamaica, 1919–1920. American Museum Novitates 1519:1-29.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409414

Original name as described

Tonatia saurophila

Other common names

Pale-crowned Bat

Type material

AMNH M-147206

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-147206

Type locality

"Wallingford Roadside Cave, Balaclava, St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Jamaica

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. bakeri and T. maresi

Taxonomy notes citation

Basantes, M., Tinoco, N., Velazco, P. M., Hofmann, M. J., Rodríguez-Posada, M. E., & Camacho, M. A. (2020). Systematics and Taxonomy of Tonatia saurophila Koopman & Williams, 1951 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). ZooKeys, 915, 59-86.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004987

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 saurophila

Koopman & E. E. Williams, 1951

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

saurophila

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-147206

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-147206

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409414

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Koopman & Williams (1951:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1706)
  2. Williams, Willig & Reid (1995:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1301)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Basantes, Tinoco, Velazco, Hofmann, Rodríguez-Posada & Camacho (2020:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56699)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41530/22004890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tonatia saurophila saurophila

S. L. Williams, Willig, & F. A. Reid, 1995

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

saurophila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

625

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Williams, Willig & Reid (1995:625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1301)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Tonatia saurophilla

Falcão, Soares-Santos, & S. Drummond, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

saurophilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

222

Authority publication

Chiroptera Neotropical

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