Chiroderma trinitatum

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Little 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

Goodwin, G.G. 1958-02-28. Three new bats from Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 1877:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63248940

Original name as described

Chiroderma trinitatus

Type material

AMNH M-175325

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-175325

Type locality

"Cumaca, Trinidad, British West Indies, altitude about 1000 feet [= 304 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. gorgasi

Taxonomy notes citation

Lim, B. K., Loureiro, L. O., & Garbino, G. S. (2020). Cryptic diversity and range extension in the big-eyed bat genus Chiroderma (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). ZooKeys, 918, 41-63.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005027

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.

Chiroderma trinitatus

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

trinitatum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-175325

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-175325

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63248940

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Chiroderma trinitatum

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

trinitatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1972:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Owen (1987:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4667/22037580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chiroderma trinitatum trinitatum

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

trinitatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

553

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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