Mormoops blainvillei

Leach, 1821

Antillean Ghost-faced Bat

Also as Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat.
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Location:Puerto Rico, Luquillo municipality, Mata de Plátano Field Station and Nature Reserve, 18°25′ N, 66°43′ WDate taken:17 February 2013Description:Also as Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat.

Distribution :

Greater Antilles, adjacent small islands.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6558

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Leach, W.E. 1821-06-21. The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):73-82.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754805

Original name as described

Mormoops Blainvillii

Other common names

Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat

Type locality

"Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Dominican Republic · Haiti · Jamaica · Puerto Rico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004850

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: 12 names and synonyms.

Mormoops Blainvillii

Leach, 1821

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Original type locality

Habitat in Jamaica

Type locality

Jamaica.

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754805

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

Leach (1821:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38675)
Fischer (1829:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Gray (1838:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Gray (1839:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20193)
Blyth (1840:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Smith (1842:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Tomes (1861:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36046)
Allen (1911:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
Choate & Birney (1968:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7582)
Smith (1972:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4132834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29213)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Timm & Genoways (2003:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5802)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Orihuela, Viñola López & Viera (2020:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67075)

Aëllo Cuvieri

Leach, 1821

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.68

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Habitat —

Type locality

Jamaica.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6599fa7a-1c10-40d9-a4e7-18b0e60eef48 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7bf39e6e-0f86-4f3d-984b-859948511f4d

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754798

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

Schinz (1825:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Lesson (1827:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Gray (1838:500, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Gray (1844:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40020004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)
Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Fitzinger (1870:735, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37090)
Hall (1981:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mormops Blainvillii:

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvillii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523716

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1825:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Saussure (1860:290, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67002)
Elliot (1896:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6682779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69292)

Mormops Blainvilii:

Lesson, 1827

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvilii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207554

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Mormoops Blainvillei:

P. Gervais, 1837

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

253

Authority publication

L'Institut

Name usages

Gervais (1837:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67308)
Gervais (1837:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38619)
Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1904:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Corbet & Hill (1980:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Pavan & Marroig (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29209)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13877/22085914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lobostoma cinnamomeum

J. Gundlach, 1840

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

cinnamomea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in der Stube des Cafetal St. Antonio el Fundador

Type locality

Cuba.

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203178

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Aëllo (Chilonycteris) cinnamomea:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

cinnamomea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Mormops Blainvillei:

Fitzinger, 1870

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

blainvillei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

732

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942117

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:732, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37090)
True (1885:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:672, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Chilonycteris cinnamomea:

Fitzinger, 1870

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

cinnamomea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

722

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942107

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:722, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37090)

Mormoops blainvillei cinnamomea:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Mormoopidae

Root name

cinnamomea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422938

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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