Sturnira luisi

W. B. Davis, 1980

Luis's 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

Davis, W.B. 1980. New Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Central and South America, with key to currently recognized species. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 70:1-5.

Original name as described

Sturnira luisi

Type material

TCWC:Mamm:9959

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cariblanco, 3000 ft [= 914 m], 11 mi. [= 17.7 km] NE Naranjo, Alajuela, Costa Rica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia? · Ecuador · Peru? · Suriname

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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