Rhinophylla pumilio

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Dwarf 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Über Flederthiere (_Vespertilio soricinus_ Pallas, Choeronycteris Lichtenst., _Rhinophylla pumilio_ nov. gen., _Artibeus fallax_ nov. sp., _A. concolor_ nov. sp., _Dermanura quadrivittatum_ nov. sp., _Nycteris grandis_ n. sp.). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865:351-359.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35168798

Original name as described

Rhinophylla pumilio

Type material

ZMB 3060

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"angeblich Brasilien [= allegedly from Brazil]." Restricted by G. E. Dobson in 1878 to "Brazil (Bahia).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004994

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 pumilio

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3060

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35168798

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  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. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19593/22000844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinophylla cumilis

Kappler, 1881

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cumilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

163

Authority publication

book

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