Centronycteris centralis

O. Thomas, 1912

Thomas's Shaggy Bat

Close-up of head, Oblique view
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Location:Costa Rica, Heredia, La SelvaDate taken:1 January 1973Description:Close-up of head, Oblique view

Distribution :

S Mexico to SE Peru

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 381

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Emballonuroidea
Family: Emballonuridae
Subfamily: Emballonurinae
Tribe: Diclidurini
Genus: Centronycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-12-01. New Centronycteris and Ctenomys from S. America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(60):638-640.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640709

Original name as described

Centronycteris centralis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.11.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e91a7c3c-b3bb-4414-b85c-9179e56e7fdb

Type locality

"Bogava, Chiriqui, Panama."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004779

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Centronycteris centralis

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.11.3

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bogava, Chiriqui, Panama. Alt. 250 m.

Type locality

Panama: 8°29′N, 82°37′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e91a7c3c-b3bb-4414-b85c-9179e56e7fdb

Authority page

638

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640709

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1912:638, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16311)
Goldman (1920:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Lim (2007:789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1566)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136350/22023809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Centronycteris maximiliani centralis:

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

292

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Hershkovitz (1951:553, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2761760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37831)
Goodwin (1969:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
Hall (1981:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Koopman (1994:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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