Trinycteris nicefori

(Sanborn, 1949)

Niceforo's Big-eared Bat

Identified by Fiona Reid. Also as Niceforo's Bat.
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Location:Costa Rica, Puntarenas province, North of Golfito near Escape to SylvanDate taken:Jan 28, 2021Description:Identified by Fiona Reid. Also as Niceforo's Bat.

Distribution :

Belize to N Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru; Bolivia; Trinidad.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5944

Taxonomy

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

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/2871649

Original name as described

Micronycteris (Trinycteris) nicefori

Other common names

Niceforo's Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:64266

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=378cd3e9-1555-47e6-85e5-26b9e998cf42

Type locality

"Cúcuta, Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004923

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 (Trinycteris) nicefori

Sanborn, 1949

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nicefori

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:64266

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Cúcuta, Colombia

Type locality

Colombia: Norte de Santander Department: 8°4′39″N, 72°28′8″W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=378cd3e9-1555-47e6-85e5-26b9e998cf42

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2871649

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Sanborn (1949:230, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2871649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15406)
Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
Williams & Genoways (1980:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52334433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30622)
Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
McCarthy (1987:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1818)
Corbet & Hill (1991:60) (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)
Anderson (1997:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Montenegro & Romero-Ruiz (2000:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34683)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Trinycteris nicefori:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nicefori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Acevedo-Charry, Henao-Rodríguez & Morales-Martínez (2018:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69629)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13381/22123365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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