Macrotus californicus

S. F. Baird, 1858

Californian Leaf-nosed Bat

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Location:USA, CA, Riverside co., Lugo Road Bridge (33.4189, -114.7258)Date taken:28 May 2017

Distribution :

N Sinaloa and SW Chihuahua (Mexico) north to S Nevada and S California (USA); Baja California and Tamaulipas (Mexico).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6225

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Baird, S.F. 1858. Description of a phyllostome bat from California, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:116-117.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535709

Original name as described

Macrotus californicus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:2347

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Fort Yuma [Imperial Co.], California, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ, CA, NV)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004950

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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.

Macrotus californicus

S. F. Baird, 1858

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:2347

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Fort Yuma, California

Type locality

United States: California: Imperial County, California.

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535709

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Allen (1864:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36019)
Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Grinnell (1933:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Lange (1960:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
Corbet & Hill (1980:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12652/22031754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Otopterus californicus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422939

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Macrotus waterhousii californicus:

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1972:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Hall (1981:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)

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