Sturnira hondurensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Honduran 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

Authority citation

Goodwin, G.G. 1940-06-27. Three new bats from Honduras and the first record of _Enchisthenes harti_ (Thomas) for North America. American Museum Novitates 1075:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170718

Original name as described

Sturnira hondurensis

Type material

AMNH M-126811

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-126811

Type locality

"La Cruze Grande, near San Jose; elevation about 3000 feet [= 914 m]; Department La Paz, Honduras."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua

Taxonomy notes

split from S. ludovici

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005079

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 hondurensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hondurensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-126811

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-126811

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88154577/88154581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sturnira ludovici occidentalis

J. K. Jones & G. L. Phillips, 1964

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:92798

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=93cd1864-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

477

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397155

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sturnira ludovici hondurensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hondurensis

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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