Vampyriscus brocki

(R. L. Peterson, 1968)

Brock's 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

Peterson, R.L. 1968. A new bat of the genus Vampyressa from Guyana, South America with a brief systematic review of the genus. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 73:1-17.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36137530

Original name as described

Vampyressa brocki

Type material

ROM:MAM:38515

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-38515

Type locality

"upper headwaters of the Kuitaro River approximately 40 miles [= 64 km] east of Dadanawa at Ow-wi-dy-wau (Oshi Wau head near Marurawaunowa), 2°50' N., 58°55' W., Rupununi (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) District, Guyana."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Peru

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/1005066

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.

Vampyressa brocki

(R. L. Peterson, 1968)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brocki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:38515

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-38515

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36137530

Authority publication

Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Vampyriscus brocki

R. J. Baker, Hoofer, C. A. Porter, & Van Den Bussche, 2003

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brocki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57671065

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Baker, Hoofer, Porter & Van Den Bussche (2003:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57671065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2035)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22838/22059321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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