Peropteryx macrotis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Emballonuroidea
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: Emballonuroidea

Familia: Emballonuridae
Subfamilia: Emballonurinae
Genus: Peropteryx
Species: Peropteryx macrotis

Name

Peropteryx macrotis (Wagner, 1843)

Syntypes (2): NMW (not numbered), adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull extracted (probably lost), collected by Johann Natterer, date unknown.

Type locality: “Mato Grosso”, restricted to “Cuyaba [=Cuiabá], Mato Grosso, Brazil”, by Carter & Dolan (1978: 20).

Combinations

Emballonura macrotis Wagner, 1843: 367 [original combination]
Peropteryx macrotis: Allen, 1935: 227 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Vesp[ertilio]. caninus Schinz, 1821: 179 [preoccupied by Vespertilio caninus Blumenbach, 1797]

Syntypes: Unknown, collected by Prince Maximilian zu Wied, between 1815–1817.

Type locality: “Östküste von Brasilien”, restricted to “Timicuí, on the Rio Belmonte, above Bôca d’Obu, State of Bahia, Brazil”, by Ávila Pires (1965: 8).

Emballonura brunnea Gervais, 1855: 66

Holotype: MNHN, collected by M. Westphal.

Type locality: “province de Bahia”, Brazil.

Distribution

Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela. (IUCN)

References

Primary references

Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich Eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der Vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Herrn Ritter von Cuvier. Erste Band: Säugethiere und Vögel. JG Cotta´schen Buchhandlung: Stuttgart und Tübingen. BHL
Wagner, J.A. 1843. Diagnosen neuer Arten Brasilischer, Hand flugler. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9: 365–368. BHL
Gervais, P. 1856. Mammiféres in Animaux Nouveax ou Rares Recueillis Pendant L´expédition dans les Parties Centrales de l´Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima et de Lima au Para, Exécutée par Ordre du Governement Français Pendant les Années 1843 a 1847 sous la Direction du Conte Francis de Castelnau. P Bertand: Paris. BHL

Links

Peropteryx macrotis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Barquez, R., Lim, B., Rodriguez, B., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2015. IUCN: Peropteryx macrotis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T16709A22101100. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16709A22101100.en

Vernacular names

English: Lesser Dog-like Bat
日本語: ミミナガイヌガオサシオコウモリ

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