Tonatia bidens
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Phyllostominae
Genus: Tonatia
Species: Tonatia bidens
Name
[edit]Tonatia bidens (Spix, 1823)
- Holotype: ZSM unnumbered, adult sex indet., skin and skull.
- Type locality: “fluvium St. Francisci [= Rio São Francisco]”, Bahia, Brazil.
Combinations
[edit]- Vampyrus bidens Spix, 1823: 65 [original combination]
- [Tonatia] bidens: Gray, 1827: 71 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Brazil
- Argentina
- Paraguay
- Bolivia
References
[edit]- Spix, J.B. von 1823. Simiarum et Vespertilionum Brasiliensium species novae ou Histoire Naturelle des espècies nouvelles de singes et de chauves - souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'interieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S M Le Roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Typis Francisci Seraphi Hybschmanni: Monachii. VIII + 72 pp. BHL Reference page.
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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. Accessed on 04 March 2024.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Greater Round-eared Bat