Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum

W. C. H. Peters, 1882

Visored Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1882. Über _Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum_, eine neue Gattung imd Art der frugivoren blattnasigen Flederthiere, aus dem tropischen America. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1882:987-990.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29494473

Original name as described

Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum

Type material

ZMB 5984

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"America tropicalis." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Pebas, Loreto, northern Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005053

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.

Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum

W. C. H. Peters, 1882

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

toxophyllum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5984

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

989

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29494473

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20599/22078791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ametrida toxophyllum

(R. D. Owen, 1987)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

toxophyllum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010683

Authority publication

Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

Owen (1987:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)

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