Anoura cultrata

Handley, 1960

Handley's Tailless Bat

Male, hanging, ventral view with wings folded. Also as Black Tailless Bat, Handley's Long-tongued Bat.
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Location:Venezuela, Araqua, Rancho GrandeDate taken:1 January 1984Description:Male, hanging, ventral view with wings folded. Also as Black Tailless Bat, Handley's Long-tongued Bat.

Distribution :

Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1513

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Noctilionoidea
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Tribe: Choeronycterini
Genus: Anoura
Subgenus: incertae sedis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1960-10-06. Descriptions of new bats from Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112(3442):459-479.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717359

Original name as described

Anoura cultrata

Other common names

Black Tailless Bat · Handley's Long-tongued Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:309396

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/397a4b6bd-6b3b-44e9-bd74-0073e95d25dc

Type locality

"Tacarcuna Village, 3, 200 ft. [= 975 m], Río Pucro, Darién, Panama."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Panama · Peru · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004892

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: 5 names and synonyms.

Anoura cultrata

Handley, 1960

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cultrata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:309396

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tacarcuna Village, 3, 200 ft., Río Pucro, Darién, Panama

Type locality

Panama: 7°51′N, 77°43′W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/397a4b6bd-6b3b-44e9-bd74-0073e95d25dc

Authority page

463

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717359

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Handley (1960:463, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34494)
Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Anderson, Koopman & Creighton (1982:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62307448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35296)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Anderson (1997:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Carstens, Lundrigan & Myers (2002:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1325)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Molinari, Gutiérrez & Lim (2023:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62861)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1566/22107379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anoura brevirostrum

D. C. Carter, 1968

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brevirostrum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:11882

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

31 km S Tingo Maria, 850 m, Huánuco, Perú

Type locality

Peru: Huánuco Department.

Authority page

427

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34605972

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Anoura werckleae

Starrett, 1969

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

werckleae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:15186

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

6.8 mi. S restaurant "La Georgina" along Interamerican Highway, 2500 m, Cerro de la Muerte massif, Province of San José, Costa Rica

Type locality

Costa Rica.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=f671c96b-e050-40c0-bc07-73544b4557da

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52113731

Authority publication

Contributions in Science

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Anoura cultrata brevirostrum:

Molinari, Gutiérrez, & B. K. Lim, 2023

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brevirostrum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

Molinari, Gutiérrez & Lim (2023:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62861)

Anoura cultrata cultrata:

Molinari, Gutiérrez, & B. K. Lim, 2023

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

cultrata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

Molinari, Gutiérrez & Lim (2023:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62861)

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