Uroderma convexum

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: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Stenodermatini
Genus: Uroderma
Species: Uroderma convexum

Name

Uroderma convexum Lyon, 1902: 83

• Holotype: USNM 111722, adult ♀, body in alcohol, collected by J.W. Humphreys on 28 May 1901.
• Type locality: “Colon, Colombia [=Colón, Colón Province, Panama].”

Synonyms

• Uroderma bilobatum molaris Davis, 1968: 696
  • Holotype: TCWC 16603, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Dilford C. Carter on 20 February 1965.
  • Type species: “16 mi. NW Palenque, 100 ft, Chiapas, Mexico”.

Native distribution areas

• Mexico
• Guatemala
• El Salvador
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Costa Rica
• Panama
• Colombia
• Ecuador

References

Primary references

• Lyon, M.W. 1902. Description of a new phyllostome bat from the Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15: 83–84. BHL
• Davis, W.B. 1968. A review of the genus Uroderma (Chiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy 49(4): 676–698. DOI: 10.2307/1378728 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mantilla-Meluk, H. 2014. Defining species and species boundaries in Uroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a description of a new species. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 325: 1–25. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uroderma bilobatum convexum 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.

Vernacular names

English: Pacific Tent-making Bat
español: Murciélago Toldero del Pacífico