Choeronycteris mexicana

Choeronycteris mexicana

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: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Glossophaginae
Tribus: Choeronycterini
Genus: Choeronycteris
Species: Choeronycteris mexicana

Name

Choeronycteris mexicana (Tschudi, 1844)

• Type material: ZMB 418, skin with skull. [presumed lost fide Carter & Dolan (1978: 134)]
• Type locality: “Mejico [=Mexico]”.

Native distribution areas

• Honduras
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• United Sates: southern California, southern Arizona, and southwestern New Mexico

References

Primary references

• Tschudi, J.J. von 1844–1846. Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Therologie. Scheitlin und Zollikofer: St. Gallen. 262 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Carter, D.C. & Dolan, P.G. 1978. Catalogue of Type Specimens of Neotropical Bats in Selected European Museums. Special Publications. The Museum Texas Tech University 15: 1–136. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Serrano-Villavicencio, J.E., Bartoletti, T. & Bueno, C. 2020. Mammals collected by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in Peru during 1838-1842 for the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 15(3): 905–931. DOI: 10.46357/bcnaturais.v15i3.249 Reference page. 

Links

• Solari, S. 2018. IUCN: Choeronycteris mexicana  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T4776A22042479. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T4776A22042479.en
• North American Mammals: Choeronycteris mexicana

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Langnasenfledermaus
English: Mexican Long-tongued Bat
español: Murciélago trompudo

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