Vampyriscus brocki

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: Stenodermatini
Genus: Vampyriscus
Species: Vampyriscus brocki

Name

Vampyriscus brocki (Peterson, 1968)

Holotype: ROM 38515, adult ♀, body in alcohol, with skull removed.

Type locality: “the upper headwaters of the Kuitaro River approximately 40 miles east of Dadanawa at Ow-wi-dywau (Oshi Wau head near Marurawaunowa), 2◦50'N., 58◦55'W., Rupununi [= Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo] District, Guyana.”

Combinations

• Vampyressa brocki Peterson, 1968: 1 [Original combination]
• Vampyressa (Metavampyressa) brocki Peterson, 1968: 15 [name combination in original description of subgenus]
• Vampyressa [(Vampyriscus)] brocki: Davis, 1975: 264 [name combination]
• Vampyriscus brocki: Baker, Porter, Patton & Van Den Bussche, 2003: 25 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Peterson, R.L. 1968. A new bat of the genus Vampyressa from Guyana, South America, with a brief systematic review of the genus. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 73: 1–17. BHL

Additional references

• Peterson, R.L. 1972. A second specimen of Vampyressa brocki (Stenoderminae: Phyllostomatidae) from Guyana, South America, with further notes on the systematic affinities of the genus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 50(4): 467–469. DOI: 10.1139/z72-065
• Baker, R.J., Genoways, H.H. & Cadena, A. 1972. The Phyllostomatid Bat, Vampyressa brocki, in Colombia. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences 71: 54.
• Pacheco, D.C.R. & Pacheco, V.. 2015. Taxonomía y distribución de Vampyriscus brocki Peterson, 1968 (Phyllostomidae: Chiroptera) en Perú y primer registro para Ucayali. Therya 6(3): 625–642. DOI: 10.12933/therya-15-302

Links

• Vampyriscus brocki 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.
• IUCN: Vampyriscus brocki  (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Brock's Yellow-eared Bat
español: Murcielaguito de Brock