Anoura

Anoura geoffroyi

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 (10): A. aequatoris – A. cadenai – A. caudifer – A. cultrata – A. fistulata – A. geoffroyi – A. javieri – A. latidens – A. luismanueli – A. peruana

Name

Anoura Gray, 1838: 490

• Type species: Anoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Anura Agassiz, 1846: 27 [unjustified emendation]

• Lonchoglossa Peters, 1868: 364
  • Type species: Glossophaga caudifer Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818, by monotypy.

• Glossonycteris Peters, 1868: 364
  • Type species: Glossonycteris lasiopyga Peters, 1868, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1838. A Revision of the Genera of Bats (Vespertilionidae) and the Description of some new Genera and Species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2(12): 483–505. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. 1868. Über die zu den Glossophagae gehörigen Flederthiere und über eine neue Art der Gattung Colëura. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868: 361–368. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mantilla-Meluk, H. & Baker, R.J. 2006. Systematics of small Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with description of a new species. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 261: 1–18. BHL Reference page. 
• Jarrín-V., P. & Kunz, T.H. 2008. Taxonomic history of the genus Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with insights into the challenges of morphological species delimitation. Acta Chiropterologica 10(2): 257–269. DOI: 10.3161/150811008X414836 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. 
• Pacheco, V., Sánchez-Vendizú, P. & Solari, S. 2018. A New Species of Anoura Gray, 1838 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Peru, with Taxonomic and Biogeographic Comments on Species of the Anoura caudifer Complex. Acta Chiropterologica 20(1): 31–50. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.1.002 Reference page. 
• Vargas-Arboleda, A., Cuadrado-Ríos, S. & Mantilla-Meluk, H. 2020. Systematic considerations on two species of nectarivorous bats (Anoura caudifer and A. geoffroyi) based on barcoding sequences. Acta Biológica Colombiana 25(2): 194–201. DOI: 0.15446/abc.v25n2.75848 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. 
• Calderón-Acevedo, C.A., Bagley, J.C. & Muchhala, N. 2022. Genome-wide ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history among Neotropical leaf-nosed bats in the genus Anoura (Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167: 107356. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107356 Reference page. 
• Molinari, J., Gutiérrez, E.E. & Lim, B.K. 2023. Systematics and biogeography of Anoura cultrata (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): a morphometric, niche modeling, and genetic perspective, with a taxonomic reappraisal of the genus. Zootaxa 5297(2): 151–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.2.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tailless Bats