Vampyriscus bidens

(Dobson, 1878)

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695601

Original name as described

Chiroderma bidens

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1869.3.31.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9643bf6f-efe6-4fcb-a77e-6ad23bfa9ca9

Type locality

"Huallaga." Identified by R. L. Peterson in 1968 as Río Huallaga, and restricted by D. C. Carter and P. G. Dolan in 1978 to Santa Cruz, Río Huallaga, Loreto, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Vampyressa to Vampyriscus

Taxonomy notes citation

Hoofer, S. R., & Baker, R. J. (2006). Molecular systematics of Vampyressine bats (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) with comparison of direct and indirect surveys of mitochondrial DNA variation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39(2), 424-438.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005065

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 bidens

(Dobson, 1878)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.3.31.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9643bf6f-efe6-4fcb-a77e-6ad23bfa9ca9

Authority page

535

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695601

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Vampyressa bidens

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Owen (1987:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  4. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vampyriscus bidens

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

555

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22837/22059000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arctibius Floresii

(Bonaparte, 1847)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

floresii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862899

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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