Furipterus horrens

(F. Cuvier, 1828)

Thumbless Bat

Side view. Also as Smoky Bat.
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Location:Costa Rica, Heredia, La SelvaDate taken:1 January 1974Description:Side view. Also as Smoky Bat.

Distribution :

Costa Rica south to Peru, the Guianas, and E Brazil; Trinidad

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 352

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Noctilionoidea
Family: Furipteridae
Genus: Furipterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, F. 1828. Description d'un nouveau genre de chauve-souris sous le nom de Furie. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 16:149-155.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34994153

Original name as described

Furia horrens

Other common names

Smoky Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-I-577

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-i-577

Type locality

"la Mana, " French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · French Guiana · Guyana · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004849

Country distribution map

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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: 7 names and synonyms.

Furia horrens

F. Cuvier, 1828

Family

Furipteridae

Root name

horrens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-I-577

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

à la Mana

Type locality

French Guiana.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-i-577

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34994153

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Gray (1838:496, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Temminck (1840:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
Lesson (1842:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Furia horreus:

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Furipteridae

Root name

horreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA136

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:136, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Fitzinger (1872:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37106)

Furipterus caerulescens

Tomes, 1856

Family

Furipteridae

Root name

caerulescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.560, ZMB 2976

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

St. Catharine, Brazil

Type locality

Brazil: Santa Catarina.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35d8e816-d76e-4c30-ba1c-8c2ffa7ad7db

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860710

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Furipterus horrens:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Furipteridae

Root name

horrens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1904:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
Husson (1978:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
Corbet & Hill (1980:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Genoways, Williams & Groen (1981:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52335080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26122)
Hall (1981:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8771/21971535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Furipterus torrens:

J. A. Allen, 1916

Family

Furipteridae

Root name

torrens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Furipterus harrens:

Uchikawa, 1988

Family

Furipteridae

Root name

harrens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Journal of Parasitology

Name usages

Uchikawa (1988:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4547)

coerulescens:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Furipteridae

Root name

coerulescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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