Ametrida centurio

J. E. Gray, 1847

Little White-shouldered Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Stenodermatinae
Tribe : Stenodermatini
Genus : Ametrida

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1847-04-13. Characters of six new genera of bats not hitherto distinguished. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847:14-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862799

Original name as described

Ametrida centurio

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1957a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f7aa699-8cae-4dcc-b4a3-66eda75d040b

Type locality

"Brazils, Para." Restricted by R. L. Peterson in 1965 to Belém, Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Bonaire · Trinidad and Tobago · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004995

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.

Ametrida centurio

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

centurio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1957a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f7aa699-8cae-4dcc-b4a3-66eda75d040b

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862799

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  2. Peters (1866:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Owen (1987:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1137/115055683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ametrida minor

H. Allen, 1894

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:11274

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:11274

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55624525

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

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