Sturnira koopmanhilli

T. J. McCarthy, L. Albuja, & M. S. Alberico, 2006

Choco 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

McCarthy, T.J., Albuja, L. and Alberico, M.S. 2006-06. A new species of Chocoan Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) from western Ecuador and Colombia. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):97-110.

Original name as described

Sturnira (Sturnira) koopmanhilli

Other common names

Chocoan Yellow-shouldered Bat · Koopman and Hill's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Type material

EPN 9770

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Los Pambiles, confluence of unnamed river with Río las Piedras, Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas, Province de Emeraldas, Ecuador, 00°32'N, 78°37'W, 1200 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

McCarthy, T. J., Albuja, L., & Alberico, M. S. (2006). A new species of chocoan Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) from western Ecuador and Colombia. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 75(2), 97-110.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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