Sturnira ludovici

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

Roosting, dorsal view. Also as Ludovic's Yellow-shouldered Bat.
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Location:Venezuela, Aragua, 16 km N of MaracayDate taken:Jan 1, 1977

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1530

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

Anthony, H.E. 1924-10-20. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates 139:1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170242

Original name as described

Sturnira ludovici

Other common names

Ludovic's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Type material

AMNH M-67328

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-67328

Type locality

"near Gualea, elevation about 4000 feet [= 1333 m], " Pichincha Province, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. hondurensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Velazco, P.M. and Patterson, B.D. 2013. Diversification of the yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), in the New World tropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(3):683-698. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.016

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005082

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: 3 names and synonyms.

Sturnira ludovici

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ludovici

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-67328

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-67328

Authority page

8

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Anthony (1924:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8829)
  2. Goodwin (1969:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  3. Watkins, Jones & Genoways (1972:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71630)
  4. Thomas (1972:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Hall (1981:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:164, 165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Owen (1987:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Koopman (1993:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  11. Koopman (1994:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  12. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88159722/88159731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sturnira ludovici ludovici

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ludovici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Hall (1981:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Sturnira ludivici

L. Albuja, 1983

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

ludivici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Quito

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