Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae

López-Cuamatzi, Ortega, Ospina-Garcés, Zúñiga, & MacSwiney G., 2024

Paniagua's Big-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

López-Cuamatzi, I.L., Ortega, J., Ospina-Garcés, S.M., Zúñiga, G. and MacSwiney G., M.C. 2024-02-21. Molecular and morphological data suggest a new species of big-eared bat (Vespertilionidae: Corynorhinus) endemic to northeastern Mexico. PLoS ONE 19(2):e0296275.

Original name as described

Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae

Type material

MZFC:M:16326

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cave El Hundido (25.16096, -100.622985; 2072 msnm), 2.5 Km NE from Puerto Grande, Galeana, Nuevo Leo´n, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to C. mexicanus

Taxonomy notes citation

López-Cuamatzi, I. L., Ortega, J., Ospina-Garcés, S. M., Zúñiga, G., & MacSwiney G, M. C. (2024). Molecular and morphological data suggest a new species of big-eared bat (Vespertilionidae: Corynorhinus) endemic to northeastern Mexico. Plos one, 19(2), e0296275.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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