Mormopterus minutus

(G. S. Miller, 1899)

Least Little Mastiff Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Mormopterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1899-10-20. Descriptions of three new free-tailed bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(12):173-181.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/776

Original name as described

Nyctinomus minutus

Other common names

Little Goblin Bat · Little Goblin Mastiff Bat

Type material

AMNH MS-4915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-4915

Type locality

"Trinidad, Cuba."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005229

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.

Nyctinomus minutus

(G. S. Miller, 1899)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-4915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-4915

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Mormopterus minutus

G. M. Allen, 1911

Family

Molossidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815330

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1911:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
  2. Freeman (1981:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13884/22083165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida minuta

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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