Sturnira mordax

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: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Sturnirini
Genus: Sturnira
Species: Sturnira mordax

Name

Sturnira mordax (Goodwin, 1938)

• Holotype: USNM 250310, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by C.F. Underwood on 14 July 1931.
• Type locality: “El Sauce Peralta, a farm on the Atlantic rail road, less than half way from San Jose to Limon, probably about 1000 feet elevation”.

Combinations

• Sturnirops mordax Goodwin, 1938: 1 [original combination]
• Sturnira mordax: Davis, Carter & Pine, 1964: 381 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Costa Rica
• Panama

References

Primary references

• Goodwin, G.G. 1938. A new genus of bat from Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates 976: 1–2. hdl: 2246/3916

Links

• Sturnira mordax 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.
• Solari, S. 2019. IUCN: Sturnira mordax  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T20957A22050440. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20957A22050440.en

Vernacular names

English: Talamancan Yellow-shouldered Bat