Tonatia bidens

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: Phyllostominae
Genus: Tonatia
Species: Tonatia bidens

Name

Tonatia bidens (Spix, 1823)

• Holotype: ZSM unnumbered, adult sex indet., skin and skull.
• Type locality: “fluvium St. Francisci [= Rio S˜ão Francisco]”, Bahia, Brazil.

Combinations

• Vampyrus bidens Spix, 1823: 65 [original combination]
• [Tonatia] bidens: Gray, 1827: 71 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Phyllostoma childreni Gray, 1838: 488
  • Holotype: BMNH 8a, subadult ♂, skin and skull, collected by J.G. Children, date not specified.
  • Type locality: “S. America”.

Native distribution areas

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Paraguay
• Bolivia

References

• Spix, J.B. von 1823. Simiarum et Vespertilionum Brasiliensium species novae, ou, histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris, observés et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l’interieur du Brésil dans les années 1817–1820. E S. Hübschmann, Monachil: France. 72 pp.
• Gray, J.E. 1838. A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), and the description of some genera and species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2: 483–505. BHL

Additional references

• Williams, S.L., Willig, M.R. & Reid, F.A. 1995. Review of the Tonatia bidens complex (Mammalia: Chiroptera), with descriptions of two new subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy 76(2): 612–626. DOI: 10.2307/1382370 Reference page. 

Links

• Tonatia bidens in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Barquez, R. & Diaz, M. 2016. IUCN: Tonatia bidens  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T21983A21975435. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21983A21975435.en

Vernacular names

English: Greater Round-eared Bat