Diclidurus albus

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820

Northern Ghost Bat

Also as White Ghost Bat.
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Location:Costa Rica, Heredia province, near La Virgen, ca. 200 mDate taken:Jul 15, 2008

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4675

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wied-Neuwied, M. zu. 1820. Diclidurus, Klappenschwanz. Ein neues Genus der Chiropteren aus Brasilien. Isis von Oken 1819(10):1629-1630.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27528582

Original name as described

Diclidurus albus

Other common names

White Ghost Bat

Type material

ZMB 4478

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"am Ausflusse des Rio Pardo." Identified by M. P. zu Wied-Neuwied in 1826 as "Canavieiras, " Rio Pardo, Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004783

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Diclidurus albus

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

albus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4478

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1630

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27528582

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Wied-Neuwied (1820:1630, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27528582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68393)
  2. Temminck (1841:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59645)
  3. Smith (1842:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Fitzinger (1870:459, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)
  6. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  7. Alfaro (1897:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  8. Allen (1897:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  9. Trouessart (1904:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  10. Miller (1907:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
  11. Sanborn (1932:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52371671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34803)
  12. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  13. Goodwin (1969:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  14. Ruschi (1970:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34721)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  16. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  17. Corbet & Hill (1991:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  18. Freeman & Lemen (1991:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1539)
  19. Koopman (1993:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  20. Koopman (1994:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  21. Lim, Engstrom, Timm, Anderson & Watson (1999:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66384)
  22. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  23. Lim (2007:789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1566)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  25. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  26. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  27. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  28. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6561/21986615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Diclidurus Freyreisii

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

freyreisii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedasvalid · nomennovum

Type

ZMB 4478

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1630 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27528582

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Wied-Neuwied (1820:1630 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27528582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68393)
  2. Schinz (1821:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  3. Simmons (2005:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Diclidurus Freyreissii

J. E. Gray, 1829

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

freyreissii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15533100

Authority publication

Philosophical Magazine

Name usages

  1. Gray (1829:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15533100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20180)
  2. Fischer (1829:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Gray (1838:502, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  4. Gray (1844:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40020008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)

Diclidurus Freyressii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

freyressii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gervais (1849:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60636)

Diclidurus virgo

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

virgo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.10.9.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3de88e1c-7857-4655-8d8d-762c5a8c21aa

Authority page

377

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62876500

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Miller (1907:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
  3. Goldman (1920:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  4. Goodwin (1946:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Hall (1981:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  7. McCarthy (1987:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1818)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Diclidurus albus virgo

G. G. Goodwin, 1969

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

virgo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1969:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  2. Koopman (1994:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Diclidurus albus albus

Ruschi, 1970

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão

Name usages

  1. Ruschi (1970:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34721)
  2. Koopman (1994:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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