Uroderma convexum

Lyon, 1902

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Lyon, M.W., Jr. 1902-04-25. Description of a new phyllostome bat from the isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15:83-84.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364895

Original name as described

Uroderma convexum

Other common names

Arcuate Tent-making Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:111722

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ab1f438-e02d-4686-9647-e9ed346d9133

Type locality

"Colon, Colombia [= Colón, Colón, Panama]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

split from U. bilobatum

Taxonomy notes citation

Mantilla-Meluk, H. (2014). Defining species and species boundaries in Uroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a description of a new species. Museum of Texas Tech University, 325, 1-21.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005057

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.

Uroderma convexum

Lyon, 1902

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

convexum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:111722

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ab1f438-e02d-4686-9647-e9ed346d9133

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364895

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Uroderma bilobatum molaris

W. B. Davis, 1968

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

molare

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:16603

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

696

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

U. b. convexum

Koopman, 1994

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

convexum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

86

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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