Vampyrum spectrum

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: Phyllostominae
Genus: Vampyrum
Species: Vampyrum spectrum

Name

Vampyrum spectrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type material: Unknown, based on specimen described and illustrated by Seba (1734: 92–93, pl. lviii, fig. 1).
Type locality: “America australi”, restricted to “Surinam” by Thomas (1911: 130).

Combinations

Vespertilio spectrum Linnaeus, 1758: 31 [original combination]
Phyllostoma spectrum: É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1810: 174 [subsequent combination]
Vampyrus spectrum: Ranzani, 1820: 190 [subsequent combination]
Vampyrum spectrum: Anderson, 1908: 433 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Vampyrus spectrum nelsoni Goldman, 1917: 115
- Holotype: USNM 78127, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by E.W. Nelson on 14 May 1896.
- Type locality: “Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, Mexico”.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1911. The Mammals of the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus; an Attempt to fix the Types of the Genera and the exact Bases and Localities of the Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(1): 120–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1911.tb06995.x BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Husson, A.M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zoologische Verhandelingen 58(1): 1–282. PDF Reference page.
Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Williams, S.L. & Genoways, H.H. [2007] 2008. Subfamily Phyllostominae. Pp. 255–300 in Gardner, A.L. (ed.), Mammals of South America. Volume 1. Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4. Reference page.

Vernacular names

български: Голям плодояден вампир
Deutsch: Große Spießblattnase
English: Great Spectral Bat
Esperanto: Vampiro
español: falso vampiro de Linneo
eesti: Vampiir (loom)
italiano: Falso vampiro
日本語: チスイコウモリモドキ
ქართული: ვამპირი (ცხოველი)
polski: Liścionos wielki
svenska: Stor spjutnäsa
ไทย: ค้างคาวสเปกตรัม, ค้างคาวแวมไพร์แปลง
Türkçe: Amerika yalancı vampir yarasası
中文: 美洲假吸血蝠