Glauconycteris gleni

R. L. Peterson & D. A. Smith, 1973

Glen'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

Peterson, R.L. and Smith, D.A. 1973. A new species of Glauconycteris (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Occasional Papers 22:1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39966421

Original name as described

Glauconycteris gleni

Other common names

Glen's Wattled Bat

Type material

ROM:MAM:57125

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-57125

Type locality

"near Lomie, Cameroun [= Cameroon], 3°10'N, 13°37'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Uganda · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005541

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.

Glauconycteris gleni

R. L. Peterson & D. A. Smith, 1973

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:57125

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-57125

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39966421

Authority publication

Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Occasional Papers

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44794/22070046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chalinolobus gleni

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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