Choeroniscus godmani

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Godman's Long-tailed Bat

Close-up side view of head, tongue extended. Also as Godman's Long-tongued Bat.
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Location:Venezuela, Lara, Usera, Las ChimasDate taken:1 January 1984Description:Close-up side view of head, tongue extended. Also as Godman's Long-tongued Bat.

Distribution :

Sinaloa (Mexico) to Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Surinam

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1521

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-03-01. Two new glossophagine bats from central America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11(63):286-289.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367835

Original name as described

Choeronycteris Godmani

Other common names

Godman's Long-tongued Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.12.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a7a97ee-3492-4ca7-a281-dff814312cdd

Type locality

"Guatemala."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Suriname · Venezuela

Taxonomy notes citation

Garbino, G.S.T., Brandão, M.V. and da Cunha Tavares, V. 2022. First confirmed records of Godman's Long-tailed Bat, Choeroniscus godmani (Thomas, 1903) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), from Brazil and Panama. Check List 18(3):493-499. doi:10.15560/18.3.493

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004899

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Choeronycteris Godmani

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

godmani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.12.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Guatemala.

Type locality

Guatemala.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a7a97ee-3492-4ca7-a281-dff814312cdd

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367835

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Choeronycteris godmanni:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

godmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422944

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Choeroniscus godmani:

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

godmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

312

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7669876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Burt & Stirton (1961:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
Goodwin (1969:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
Watkins, Jones & Genoways (1972:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71630)
Williams & Genoways (1980:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52334441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30622)
Corbet & Hill (1980:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:154) (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 (1994:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
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 (2006:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4772/22041805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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