Sturnira angeli

de la Torre, 1966

Dominica Yellow-shouldered Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de la Torre, L. 1966-12-01. New bats of the genus Sturnira (Phyllostomidae) from the Amazonian lowlands of Perú and the Windward Islands, West Indies. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79:267-272.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562965

Original name as described

Sturnira angeli

Other common names

Angel's Yellow-shouldered Bat · Guadeloupe Yellow-shouldered Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:361881

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3baa6405a-d032-4b32-befa-0865cc53b7cf

Type locality

"6 mi. [= 9.6 km] NE Roseau (1000 ft [= 305 m]), St. Paul Parish, Dominica, Windward Islands, West Indies."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Montserrat · Guadeloupe · Dominica · Martinique

Taxonomy notes

split from S. lilium and includes thomasi

Taxonomy notes citation

Velazco, P. M., & Patterson, B. D. (2013). Diversification of the yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), in the New World tropics. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 68(3), 683-698.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005071

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.

Sturnira lilium zygomaticus

J. K. Jones & C. J. Phillips, 1976

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

zygomatica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-213972

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-213972

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55663918

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

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

Sturnira angeli

de la Torre, 1961

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

angeli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Type

MCZ:Mamm:21226

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:21226

Authority page

109

Authority publication

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sturnira thomasi vulcanensis

Genoways, 1998

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

vulcanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UNSM 20062

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55120935

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Sturnira angeli

de la Torre, 1966

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

angeli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:361881

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3baa6405a-d032-4b32-befa-0865cc53b7cf

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562965

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88154322/258005117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sturnira thomasi

de la Torre & A. Schwartz, 1966

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:361883

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eb776869-9af9-4e94-a991-d4e5ab6b101d

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562995

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Owen (1987:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Sturnira lilium angeli

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

angeli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sturnira lilium vulcanensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

vulcanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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