Sturnira erythromos

(von Tschudi, 1844)

Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat

Identified by Fiona Reid.  Also as Andean Fruit Bat|Small Yellow-shouldered Bat.
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Location:Peru, San Martin region, near Owlet LodgeDate taken:May 4, 2019

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Stenodermatinae
Tribe : Sturnirini
Genus : Sturnira
Subgenus : Sturnira

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tschudi, J.J. von. 1844. [Part 2]. Pp. 21–76 in Tschudi, J.J. von. 1844-1845. Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin und Zollikofer, St. Gallen, 262 pp.

Original name as described

Phyllostoma erythromos

Other common names

Andean Fruit Bat · Small Yellow-shouldered Bat

Type material

MHNN 94.2539

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

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