Saccopteryx canescens

O. Thomas, 1901

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Female, dorsal view showing back stripes. Also as Frosted White-lined Bat, Gray White-lined Bat.
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Location:Venezuela, Guarico, GuaribeDate taken:1 January 1978Description:Female, dorsal view showing back stripes. Also as Frosted White-lined Bat, Gray White-lined Bat.

Distribution :

Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, N Brazil, Peru, Bolivia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1400

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-04-01. New species of Saccopteryx, Sciurus, Rhipidomys, and Tatu from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(40):366-371.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345240

Original name as described

Saccopteryx canescens

Other common names

Frosted White-lined Bat · Gray White-lined Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.11.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a07751b-cfb6-441a-9b55-c6e973756530

Type locality

"Obidos, " Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · French Guiana · Guyana · Peru · Suriname · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004795

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

Saccopteryx canescens

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.11.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Obidos, on the Amazon.

Type locality

Brazil: Pará.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a07751b-cfb6-441a-9b55-c6e973756530

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345240

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1904:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17389)
Trouessart (1904:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hershkovitz (1949:432, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7728248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16323)
Husson (1978:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Lim (2007:789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1566)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19805/22005456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Saccopteryx pumila

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.8.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Altagracia, Lower Orinco, Yenezuela

Type locality

Venezuela: Bolívar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/159349b2-f140-4ea5-907e-91a7a8cf0b6d

Authority page

410

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616645

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

S. c. canescens:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

S. c. pumila:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Saccopteryx (canescans):

Shapley, D. E. Wilson, A. N. Warren, & A. A. Barnett, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

canescans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

380

Authority publication

Mammalia

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