Sturnira lilium

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Little 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1810. Sur les phyllostomes et les mégadermes, deux genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 15:157-198.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546866 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546877

Original name as described

Phyllostoma lilium

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-600 (= MNHN type 195)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1991-600

Type locality

"Paraguay." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Asunción, Paraguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina · Uruguay

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. angeli, S. parvidens, and S. paulsoni

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/1005081

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 andina

de la Torre, 1961

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

andina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Type

AMNH M-36558

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36558

Authority page

95

Authority publication

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sturnira spectrum

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spectrum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.12.2.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f929d9bf-2f35-4f86-8612-9030a394628e

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324281

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sturnira lilium amazonica

de la Torre, 1961

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

amazonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Type

MCZ:Mamm:30274

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:30274

Authority page

90

Authority publication

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Phyllostoma lilium

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lilium

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-600 (= MNHN type 195)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1991-600

Authority page

181, 186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546866 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546877

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phyllostomus spiculatus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1823)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spiculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 412

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229315

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Phyllostoma albescens

(J. A. Wagner, 1847)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 129

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387627

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phyllostoma excisum

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

excisa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 137

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697573

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phyllostoma fumarium

(J. A. Wagner, 1847)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

fumaria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 58

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387628

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phyllostoma chrysosema

(Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

chrysosema

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9423234

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien

Phyllostoma spiculatum

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spiculatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Sturnira lilium

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lilium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627565

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  2. True (1885:605, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Lahille (1899:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  4. Bangs (1902:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  5. Goodwin (1946:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  6. Thomas (1972:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Owen (1987:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  10. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  11. Reis & Muller (1995:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34685)
  12. Reis, Peracchi & Sekiama (1999:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40441)
  13. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  14. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  17. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88159688/22049384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sturnira lilium lilium

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lilium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Phyllostomus spiculatus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spiculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Phyllostomus spiculatus

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

spiculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

224

Authority publication

book

Phyllostoma Vampyrus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

vampyrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

26 (appendix)

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

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

Stenoderma chilensis

(Gay, 1847)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

chilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256478

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Nyctiplanus rotundatus

(J. E. Gray, 1849)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

rotundata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861910

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Stenoderma chiliensis

(P. Gervais, 1854)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

chiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

198

Authority publication

Paris

Phyllostoma chrysocomos

(J. A. Wagner, 1855)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

chrysocomos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

635

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544742

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Phyllostoma canicula

(P. Gervais, 1855)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

canicula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076221

Authority publication

Paris

Sturnira lillium

Shapley, D. E. Wilson, A. N. Warren, & Barnett, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lillium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

385

Authority publication

Mammalia

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