Vampyressa

Vampyressa pusilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Stenodermatini
Subtribus: Vampyressina
Genus: Vampyressa
Subgenera (3): V. (Handleyia) – V. (Oreonycteris) – V. (Vampyressa)
Species overview (6): V. elisabethae – V. melissa – V. pusilla – V. thyone – V. villai – V. voragine

Name

Vampyressa Thomas, 1900: 270

• Type species: Phyllostoma pusillum Wagner, 1843, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1900. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 5: 269–274. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gardner, A.L. 1977. Chromosomal variation in Vampyressa and a review of chromosomal evolution in the Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera). Systematic Zoology 26(3): 300–318. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/26.3.300
• Baker, R.J., Hoofer, S.R., Porter, C.A. & Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2003. Diversification among New World Leaf-Nosed Bats: An Evolutionary Hypothesis and Classification Inferred from Digenomic Congruence of DNA Sequence. Occasional Papers. Museum of Texas Tech University 230: 1–32. PDF Reference page. 
• Lim, B.K., Pedro, W.A. & Passos, F.C. 2003. Differentiation and Species Status of the Neotropical Yellow-Eared Bats Vampyressa pusilla and V. thyone (Phyllostomidae) with a Molecular Phylogeny and Review of the Genus. Acta Chiropterologica 5(1): 15–29. DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0102 Reference page. 
• Porter, C.A. & Baker, R.J. 2004. Systematics of Vampyressa and related genera of phyllostomid bats as determined by cytochrome-b sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 85(1): 126–132. DOI: 10.1644/BWG-110
• Arroyo-Cabrales, J. [2007] 2008. Genus Vampyressa O. Thomas, 1900. Pp. 346–350 in Gardner, A.L. (ed.), Mammals of South America. Volume 1. Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4. Reference page. 
• Tavares, V.C., Gardner, A. L., Ramírez-Chaves, H.E. & Velazco, P.M. 2014. Systematics of Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of Vampyressa. American Museum Novitates 3813: 1–27. DOI: 10.1206/3813.1 Reference page. 
• Garbino, G.S.T., Velazco, P.M. & Tavares, V.C. 2026. Phylogeny, biogeography, and classification of frugivorous bats in the subtribe Vampyressina (Phyllostomidae, Stenodermatinae), with descriptions of new subgenera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 479: 73 pp. hdl: 2246/7537 Reference page.