Sturnira mordax

(G. G. Goodwin, 1938)

Talamancan 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

Goodwin, G.G. 1938-05-04. A new genus of bat from Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates 976:1-2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169832

Original name as described

Sturnirops mordax

Type material

USNM:MAMM:250310

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/302b24ad2-856e-46bd-8176-c7201f8ad78f

Type locality

"El Sauce Peralta, a farm on the Atlantic railroad, less than halfway from San Jose to Limon, probably about 1000 feet [= 350 m] elevation," Cartago Province, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005086

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.

Sturnirops mordax

(G. G. Goodwin, 1938)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250310

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/302b24ad2-856e-46bd-8176-c7201f8ad78f

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Sturnira mordax

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

London

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)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20957/22050440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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