Chiroderma scopaeum

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

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

Name

Chiroderma scopaeum Handley, 1966

• Holotype: USNM 338711, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Alfred L. Gardner on 16 August 1960.
• Type locality: “Pueblo Juárez, Colima, México”.

Combinations

• Chiroderma salvini scopaeum Handley, 1966: 297 [Original combination, as subspecies]
• Chiroderma scopaeum: Lim, Loureiro & Garbino, 2020: 16 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

• Mexico: Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, México, Morelos, Guerrero, Puebla, Veracruz and Oaxaca.

References

Primary references

• Handley, C.O., Jr. 1966. Descriptions of new bats (Chiroderma and Artibeus) from Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 36(2): 297–301. Reference page. 
• Garbino, G.S.T., Lim, B.K. & Tavares, V.C. 2020. Systematics of big-eyed bats, genus Chiroderma Peters, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Zootaxa 4846(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4846.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Big-eyed Bat