Glossophaga antillarum

Rehn, 1902

Jamaican Long-tongued Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Glossophaginae
Tribe : Glossophagini
Genus : Glossophaga

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Rehn, J.A.G. 1902-04-23. A new bat of the genus Glossophaga. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(1):37-38.

Original name as described

Glossophaga soricina antillarum

Type material

ANSP 6618

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Port Antonio, Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Jamaica

Taxonomy notes

split from G. soricina

Taxonomy notes citation

Calahorra-Oliart, A., Ospina-Garcés, S. M., & León-Paniagua, L. (2021). Cryptic species in Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): do morphological data support molecular evidence?. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(1), 54-68.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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