Trachops coffini
E. A. Goldman, 1925
Central American Fringe-lipped Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Noctilionoidea |
| Family | : Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily | : Phyllostominae |
| Tribe | : Macrophyllini |
| Genus | : Trachops |
Species status
Authority citation
Goldman, E.A. 1925-03-12. A new bat of the genus Trachops from Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38:23-24.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557585Original name as described
Trachops coffini
Other common names
Frog-eating Bat · Fringe-lipped Bat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:244266
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b3cbecd4-e182-4908-a37a-2bf301eaae4bType locality
El Gallo, 8 mi. W Yaxha, on the Remate-El Cayo trail, Petén, Guatemala.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica
Taxonomy notes
split from T. cirrhosus; the name mexicanus (de Saussure, 1860) may represent the oldest name available for this species, but the identity of the type specimen of mexicanus needs to be confirmed
Taxonomy notes citation
Fonseca, B. D. S., Soto-Centeno, J. A., Simmons, N. B., Ditchfield, A. D., & Leite, Y. L. (2024). A species complex in the iconic frog-eating bat Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with high variation in the heart of the Neotropics. American Museum Novitates, 2024(4021), 1-27. · Camacho, M. A., Menendez-Guerrero, P. A., Horvath, B., Cadar, D., & Murienne, J. (2024). A polytypic species revisited: Phylogenetic and morphological variation, taxonomic status, and geographical distribution of Trachops (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Mammalogy, gyae067.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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