Chiroderma gorgasi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Stenodermatini
Genus: Chiroderma
Species: Chiroderma gorgasi

Name

Chiroderma gorgasi Handley, 1960: 464

• Holotype: USNM 309903 (field number COH 5436), adult ♂, skin, skull and partial skeleton, collected by C.O. Handley, Jr. and B.R. Feinstein on 6 March 1959.
• Type locality: “Tacarcuna Village [8°05'N, 77°17'W], 3200 ft [=975 meters], Río Pucro, Darién, Panama”.

Combinations

• Chiroderma gorgasi Handley, 1960: 464 [original combination, as species]
• Chiroderma trinitatum gorgasi: Barriga-Bonilla, 1965: 246 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Chiroderma gorgasi: Lim, Loureiro & Garbino, 2020: 48 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Native distribution areas

• NW Ecuador
• W Colombia
• Panama
• Costa Rica
• Nicaragua
• Honduras

References

Primary references

• Handley, Jr., C.O. 1960. Description of new bats from Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112: 459–461. DOI: 10.5479/si.00963801.112-3442.459
• Barriga-Bonilla, E. 1965. Estudios mastozoológicos Colombianos, I Chiroptera. Caldasia 9: 241–268. Full article (PDF).
• Lim, B.K., Loureiro, L.O. & Garbino, G.S.T. 2020. Cryptic diversity and range extension in the big-eyed bat genus Chiroderma (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). ZooKeys 918: 41–63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.918.48786 Reference page.