Idionycteris phyllotis

(G. M. Allen, 1916)

Allen's Big-eared Bat

Also as Lappet-browed Bat, Mexican Big-eared Bat.
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Location:Mexico, COA, Los Pinos, 2200 mDate taken:1 January 2004Description:Also as Lappet-browed Bat, Mexican Big-eared Bat.

Distribution :

Distrito Federal and Michoacan (Mexico) to S Utah and S Nevada (USA).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4688

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Plecotini
Genus: Idionycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1916-04-20. Bats of the genus Corynorhinus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60(9):331-356.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2748106

Original name as described

Corynorhinus phyllotis

Other common names

Lappet-browed Bat · Mexican Big-eared Bat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:5943

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:5943

Type locality

"Mexico: San Luis Potosi (probably near the city of the same name)."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ, NM, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005659

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Corynorhinus phyllotis

G. M. Allen, 1916

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phyllotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:5943

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mexico: San Luis Potosi (probably near the city of the same name).

Type locality

Mexico: San Luis Potosí.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:5943

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2748106

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1916:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2748106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11504)

Idionycteris mexicanus

H. E. Anthony, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-62260

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Tamaulipas: 23°34′29″N, 99°45′13″W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-62260

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Plecotus phyllotis:

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phyllotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

255

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1972:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Watkins, Jones & Genoways (1972:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71630)
Hall (1981:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Koopman (1994:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Idionycteris phyllotis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phyllotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Tumlison (1993:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35607)
Koopman (1993:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
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 #10790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10790/21990019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Idionycteris phyllotis hualapaiensis

Tumlison, 1993

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hualapaiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSB:Mamm:275335 (= UIMNH 26478)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

1 mile SW Union Pass, 2, 600 feet, Mohave Co., Arizona

Type locality

United States: Arizona: Mohave County, Arizona.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:275335

Authority page

417

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Tumlison (1993:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35607)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Idionycteris phyllotis phyllotis:

Tumlison, 1993

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phyllotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

418

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Tumlison (1993:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35607)

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