Mimon bennettii

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Southern Golden Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1838-02-01. A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), and the description of some new genera and species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2(12):483-505.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026391

Original name as described

Phyllostoma Bennettii

Other common names

Bennett's Spear-nosed Bat

Type locality

"S. America." Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1951 to Ipanema, São Paulo, Brazil.

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/1004989

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.

Vampirus auricularis

(de Saussure, 1860)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

auricularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

487

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264866

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mimon bennettii

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

bennettii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627561

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  2. True (1885:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Goodwin (1946:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Hurtado & Pacheco (2014:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29396)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13559/22105562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phyllostoma Bennettii

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

bennettii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026391

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Mimon Benetti

Weithofer, 1888

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

benetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

354

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7220779

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Chrotopterus auritus

(D. G. Elliot, 1904)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

657

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15492904

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mimon bennetti

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

bennetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

55

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Reis, Peracchi & Sekiama (1999:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40441)

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