Chiroderma salvini

Dobson, 1878

Salvin's Big-eyed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1878-06-15. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, British Museum Catalogue, 567 pp.

Original name as described

Chiroderma salvini

Other common names

Dwarf Big-eyed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1868.8.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. scopaeum

Taxonomy notes citation

Garbino, G. S. T., Lim, B. K., & Tavares, V. da C. (2020). Systematics of big-eyed bats, genus Chiroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllstomidae). Zootaxa, 4846(1), 1-93.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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