Platyrrhinus aquilus

(Handley & Ferris, 1972)

Darién Broad-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Handley, C.O., Jr. and Ferris, K.C. 1972-02-29. Descriptions of new bats of the genus Vampyrops. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(60):519-524.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563613

Original name as described

Vampyrops aquilus

Other common names

Darien Broad-nosed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:338025

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0793444-5cda-430b-b582-1b33248ec526

Type locality

"on the head of the Río Pucro, 4,100 ft. [= 1250 m], Cerro Malí, Darién, Panamá."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Colombia?

Taxonomy notes

split from P. umbratus

Taxonomy notes citation

Velazco, P. M., & Gardner, A. L. (2009). A new species of Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from western Colombia and Ecuador, with emended diagnoses of P. aquilus, P. dorsalis, and P. umbratus. Proceedings of the biological society of Washington, 122(3), 249-281.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005035

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.

Vampyrops aquilus

(Handley & Ferris, 1972)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aquilus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:338025

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0793444-5cda-430b-b582-1b33248ec526

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563613

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

V. u. aquilus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aquilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · variety_or_form

Authority page

87

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Platyrrhinus umbratus aquilius

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aquilius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Platyrrhinus aquilius

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aquilius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000702

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Platyrrhinus aquilus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

aquilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

567

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88160364/88160367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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