Phyllostomus hastatus

(Pallas, 1767)

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Roosting, dorsal view
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Location:Venezuela, Aragua, MaracayDate taken:Jan 1, 1976

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1526

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Phyllostominae
Tribe : Phyllostomini
Genus : Phyllostomus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1767. Spicilegia Zoologica. Fasciculus tertius. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin, 35 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817715

Original name as described

Vespertilio hastatus

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

‘‘Amérique, '' Restricted by J. A. Allen in 1904 to Suriname.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004982

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: 16 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio hastatus

(Pallas, 1767)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hastatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817715

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Müller (1776:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Gmelin (1788:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  4. Kerr (1792:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  5. Wolf (1796:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  6. Cuvier (1797:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  7. Shaw (1800:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  8. Turton (1802:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  10. Goldfuss (1809:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  11. Blainville (1840:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)

Pteropus hastatus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hastatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872933

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Phyllostomus hastatus

de Lacépède, 1799

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hastatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lacépède (1799:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  2. Daudin (1802:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Fischer (1803:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  4. Fischer (1813:449, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  5. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Allen (1904:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15986)
  7. Miller (1907:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
  8. Allen (1911:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16009)
  9. Miller (1912:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
  10. Goldman (1920:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  11. Sanborn (1932:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52371674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34803)
  12. Goodwin (1946:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  13. Vieira (1953:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61587)
  14. Goodwin & Greenhall (1961:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1682)
  15. Ruschi (1970:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34721)
  16. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  17. Husson (1978:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  18. Corbet & Hill (1980:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  19. Hall (1981:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  20. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  21. Corbet & Hill (1991:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  22. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  23. Koopman (1993:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  24. Koopman (1994:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  25. Reis & Muller (1995:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34685)
  26. Anderson (1997:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  27. Montenegro & Romero-Ruiz (2000:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34683)
  28. Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
  29. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  30. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  31. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  32. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  33. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  34. Velazco, Voss, Fleck & Simmons (2021:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61530210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56561)
  35. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  36. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17218/22135955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phyllostoma emarginata

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

emarginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Rafinesque (1817:362, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)

Phyllostoma hastatus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hastatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

Phyllostoma hastatum

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

hastatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177, 185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546862 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546876

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810:177, 185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546862, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34792)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34792)
  3. Fischer (1814:xx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Wiedemann (1818:133, 139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282542, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  5. Wiedemann (1818:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  6. Voigt (1819:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  7. Muirhead (1819:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  8. Hemprich (1820:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  9. Ranzani (1820:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  10. Desmarest (1821:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  11. Schinz (1821:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  12. Fischer (1829:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  13. Gray (1838:488, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  14. Lesson (1842:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  15. Tschudi (1844:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  16. Gray (1844:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40019998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)
  17. Schmarda (1853:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
  18. Gervais (1855:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11649)
  19. Giebel (1855:974, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  20. Gray (1866:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  21. Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  22. True (1885:604, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  23. Flower & Lydekker (1891:674, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  24. Thomas (1893:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16303)
  25. Trouessart (1897:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
  26. Allen (1900:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15962)
  27. Seabra (1900:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68462)
  28. Trouessart (1904:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Phyllostoma emarginatum

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

emarginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130081

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Muirhead (1819:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Phyllostoma maximum

H. R. Schinz, 1821

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528920

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Phyllostomus maximus

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1821

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

241 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45440072

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phyllostomus hastatus cauræ

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

caucae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

AMNH M-14473

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14473

Authority page

234

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1904:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15986)
  2. Simmons (2005:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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