Neonycteris pusilla

(Sanborn, 1949)

Least Big-eared Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Noctilionoidea
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glyphonycterinae
Genus: Neonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sanborn, C.C. 1949-04-29. Bats of the genus Micronycteris and its subgenera. Fieldiana Zoology 31(27):215-233.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2871651

Original name as described

Micronycteris (Neonycteris) pusilla

Type material

AMNH M-78830

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-78830

Type locality

"Tahuapunta, Rio Vaupes, at the Colombian border, Amazonas, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004922

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Micronycteris (Neonycteris) pusilla

Sanborn, 1949

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

pusilla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-78830

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tahuapunta, Rio Vaupes, at the Colombian border, Amazonas, Brazil

Type locality

Brazil: Amazonas.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-78830

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2871651

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Sanborn (1949:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2871651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15406)
Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Neonycteris pusilla:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

pusilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13382/22123269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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