Micronycteris hirsuta

(W. C. H. Peters, 1869)

Hairy Big-eared Bat

Close-up ventro-lateral view of head and body. Also as Crested Big-eared Bat.
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Location:Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Rincon de OsaDate taken:Jan 1, 1968

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 372

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Micronycterinae
Genus : Micronycteris
Subgenus : Xenoctenes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere, besonders des Pariser Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869:393-408.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276609

Original name as described

Schizostoma hirsutum

Other common names

Crested Big-eared Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1905 (= MNHN:type:189)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1905

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by G. G. Goodwin in 1946 to Pozo Azul, San José, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004956

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: 5 names and synonyms.

Schizostoma hirsutum

(W. C. H. Peters, 1869)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hirsuta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1905 (= MNHN:type:189)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1905

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276609

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Schizostoma hirsutus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hirsuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

604

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Micronycteris hirsutus

D. G. Elliot, 1904

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hirsuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

661

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15492908

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1904:661, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15492908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20602)

Micronycteris hirsuta

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hirsuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422940

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Sanborn (1949:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2871656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15406)
  3. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Genoways, Williams & Groen (1981:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52335075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26122)
  6. Hall (1981:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Koopman (1993:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  10. Koopman (1994:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  11. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  12. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  16. Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13378/22124582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Xenoctenes hirsutus

(G. S. Miller, 1907)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hirsuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112324

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Miller (1907:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
  2. Sanborn (1932:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52371672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34803)
  3. Goodwin (1946:302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

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