Vampyrodes major

G. M. Allen, 1908

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1908. Notes on Chiroptera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52(3):25-62.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30093014

Original name as described

Vampyrodes major

Other common names

Greater Stripe-faced Bat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:6756

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:6756

Type locality

"San Pablo, Isthmus of Panama," Canal Zone, Panama.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador? · Belize · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia

Taxonomy notes

split from V. caraccioli

Taxonomy notes citation

Velazco, P. M., & Simmons, N. B. (2011). Systematics and taxonomy of great striped-faced bats of the genus Vampyrodes Thomas, 1900 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). American Museum Novitates, 3710, 1-35.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005069

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.

Vampyrodes major

G. M. Allen, 1908

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:6756

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:6756

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30093014

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1920:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  2. Goodwin (1946:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Martínez-Fonseca, Trujillo, Westeen, Reid, Hood, Fernández-Mena, Gutiérrez-López, Molina-Loza & Chambers (2024:713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67553)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88151984/88151987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vampyrodes ornatus

O. Thomas, 1924

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.3.1.63

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/005d1c4a-d37e-47be-b34a-8c53dc0b0e80

Authority page

532

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

V. c. major

Koopman, 1994

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · variety_or_form

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Anderson (1997:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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