Rhinophylla alethina

Handley, 1966

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Rhinophyllinae
Genus : Rhinophylla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1966-05-23. Descriptions of new bats (Choeroniscus and Rhinophylla) from Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79:83-88.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562756

Original name as described

Rhinophylla alethina

Type material

USNM:MAMM:324988

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38256280b-fa91-4081-b556-8e50442d6789

Type locality

"Río Raposo, near sea level, 27 km south of Buenaventura, Departamento de Valle [del Cauca], Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004992

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.

Rhinophylla alethina

Handley, 1966

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

alethina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:324988

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38256280b-fa91-4081-b556-8e50442d6789

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562756

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:57) (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 #19591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19591/21998419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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