Pteronotus quadridens

(J. Gundlach, 1840)

Sooty Mustached Bat

Pteronotus quadridens fuliginosus.
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Location:Puerto Rico, Luquillo municipality, Mata de Plátano Field Station and Nature Reserve, 18°25′ N, 66°43′ WDate taken:Feb 17, 2013

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Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gundlach, J. 1840. Beschreibung von vier auf Cuba gefangenen Fledermäusen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1):356-358.

Original name as described

Lobostoma quadridens

Type material

ZMB 2458, ZMB 2484, ZMB 2485, ZMB 2807, ZMB 2869, ZMB 4210, ZMB 6075, ZMB 67413, ZMB 67414, ZMB 67415, ZMB 67416, ZMB 67418, ZMB 67419, ZMB (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Cafetal St. Antonio el Fundador, " Canimar, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba · Jamaica · Haiti · Dominican Republic · Puerto Rico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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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: 15 names and synonyms.

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