Glauconycteris curryae

Eger & Schlitter, 2001

Curry's Butterfly Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Glauconycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Eger, J.L. and Schlitter, D.A. 2001. A new species of Glauconycteris from West Africa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica 3(1):1-10.

Original name as described

Glauconycteris curryi

Other common names

Curry's Bat

Type material

ROM:MAM:56243

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-56243

Type locality

10 km W Bipindi (03°05'N, 10°25'E), elevation of ca. 300 m, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Gabon · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

the original spelling of the name was 'curryi', but was emended to 'curryae' in the same journal volume it was described in by the same authors; although spelling alterations like these are often considered unjustified emendations, the spelling curryae is in prevailing use and is considered justified according to Article 35.5.1.1

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005539

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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.

Glauconycteris curryae

Eger, 2001

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

curryae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44792/22068253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Glauconycteris curryi

Eger & Schlitter, 2001

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

curryae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

ROM:MAM:56243

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-56243

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

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