Phylloderma septentrionale

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Northern Pale-faced Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Goodwin, G.G. 1940-06-27. Three new bats from Honduras and the first record of Enchisthenes harti (Thomas) for North America. American Museum Novitates 1075:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170718

Original name as described

Phylloderma septentrionalis

Other common names

Spear-nosed Bat · Pale-faced Bat

Type material

AMNH M-126868

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-126868

Type locality

"Las Pilas, six miles north of Marcala; about 4000 feet elevation; Department La Paz, Honduras"

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Costa Rica?

Taxonomy notes

split from P. stenops; spelling changed from 'septentrionales' to 'septentrionale' to reflect generic gender

Taxonomy notes citation

Camacho, M.A., Burneo, S.F., Cadar, D., Horváth, B., Tóth, G.E. and Murienne, J. 2026. Geographic structuring and species limits in Phylloderma stenops (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): Revalidation of P. septentrionalis in Central America. Vertebrate Zoology 76:339-359. doi:10.3897/vz.76.e166549

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1007062

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: 3 names and synonyms.

Phylloderma septentrionalis

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

septentrionale

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-126868

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Las Pilas, six miles north of Marcala; about 4000 feet elevation; Department La Paz, Honduras

Type locality

Honduras: 13°8′18″N, 86°58′55″W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-126868

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Camacho, Burneo, Cadar, Horváth, Tóth & Murienne (2026:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72891)

Phylloderma stenops septentrionalis:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

septentrionale

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
McCarthy (1987:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1818)
Koopman (1994:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phylloderma stenops septentrionale:

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

septentrionale

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

506

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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