Brachyphylla nana

G. S. Miller, 1902

Western Antillean Fruit-eating Bat

Also as Antillean Nectar Bat, Cuban Fruit-eating Bat.
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Location:Cuba, Matanzas province, Santa Catalina CavernDate taken:24 June 2024Description:Also as Antillean Nectar Bat, Cuban Fruit-eating Bat.

Distribution :

Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica (extinct, known only from fossils), Grand Cayman (Cayman Isls, UK), Middle Caicos (SE Bahamas).

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Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Noctilionoidea
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Tribe: Brachyphyllini
Genus: Brachyphylla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-09-12. Twenty new American bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(2):389-412.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309540

Original name as described

Brachyphylla nana

Other common names

Antillean Nectar Bat · Cuban Fruit-eating Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:103828

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f8b5468f-d2a3-4031-a55e-a7af8c879deb

Type locality

"El Guama [Pinar del Río], Cuba."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cayman Islands · Cuba · Dominican Republic · Haiti · Turks and Caicos Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004884

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Brachyphylla nana

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:103828

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

El Guama, Cuba

Type locality

Cuba: 20°18′15″N, 74°28′43″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f8b5468f-d2a3-4031-a55e-a7af8c879deb

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309540

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1911:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
Corbet & Hill (1980:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
Timm & Genoways (2003:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5802)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Orihuela, Viñola López & Viera (2020:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67075)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2983/22039031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Brachyphylla pumila

G. S. Miller, 1918

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:218354

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Haiti.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31b1921b0-fb11-466b-894c-eefb32122bd8

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332154

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Koopman & Williams (1951:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1706)
Klingener, Genoways & Baker (1978:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52567969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30829)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Brachyphylla cavernarum nana:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)

Brachyphylla cavernarum pumila:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

pumila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)

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