Anoura latidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Glossophaginae
Tribus: Choeronycterini
Genus: Anoura
Species: Anoura latidens

Name

Anoura latidens Handley, 1984: 513

• Holotype: USNM 370119, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by A.L. Tuttle and M.D. Tuttle on 18 August 1965.
• Type locality: “Pico Ávila, 2150 m, 5 km NNE of Caracas (= 'Hotel Humbolt [sic], 9.4 km N Caracas'), Distrito Federal, Venezuela”.

Synonyms

• Anoura carishina Mantilla-Meluk & Baker, 2010: 10 [synonymised by Calderón-Acevedo, Rodríguez-Posada & Muchhala (2021: 477)]
  • Holotype: ICN 14530, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by A. Albesiano, C. Ariza, J. Alvarez and H. Mantilla-Meluk on 5 December 1996.
  • Type locality: “Taminango, corregimiento de Remolino, department of Narino”.

Native distribution areas

• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Colombia
• Peru

References

Primary references

• Handley, C.O., Jr. 1960. New species of mammals from northern South America: a long-tongued bat, genus Anoura Gray. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97(3): 513–521. BHL Reference page. 
• Mantilla-Meluk, H. & Baker, R.J. 2010. New species of Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with systematic remarks and notes on the distribution of the A. geoffroyi complex. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 292: 1–19. BHL Reference page. 
• Calderón-Acevedo, C.A., Rodríguez-Posada, M.E. & Muchhala, N. 2021. Morphology and genetics concur that Anoura carishina is a synonym of Anoura latidens (Chiroptera, Glossophaginae). Mammalia 85(5): 471–481. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2020-0183 Reference page. 

Links

• Mantilla, H. & Molinari, J. 2015. IUCN: Anoura latidens  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T1568A22106814. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T1568A22106814.en. Accessed on 09 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Broad-toothed Tailless Bat