Vampyressa thyone

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 Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Stenodermatini
Genus: Vampyressa
Species: Vampyressa thyone

Name

Vampyressa thyone Thomas, 1909: 231

• Holotype: BMNH 97.11.7.77, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by William Frederick Henry Rosenberg on 30 April 1897.
• Type locality: “Chimbo, near Guayaquil, [Bolívar,] Ecuador. Alt. 1000' [=350 m]”.

Synonyms

• Vampyressa minuta Miller, 1912: 25 [synonymised by Hershkovitz (1949: 444)]
  • Holotype: USNM 173832, subadult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by A. Busck in May 1911.
  • Type locality: “Cabima, Panama”.

• Vampyressa venilla Thomas, 1924: 533 [synonymised by Peterson (1968: 11, 14)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 24.3.1.73, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Latham Rutter on 12 November 1923.
  • Type locality: “San Lorenzo, 500'”, Loreto, Peru.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1909. Notes on some South-American mammals, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8, 4(21): 230–242. DOI: 10.1080/00222930908692666 BHL Reference page. 
• Miller, G.S., Jr. 1912. A small collection of bats from Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42(1882): 21–26. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1924. On a collection of mammals made by Mr. Latham Rutter in the Peruvian Amazons. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 13: 530–538.
• Hershkovitz, P. 1949. Mammals of northern Colombia, preliminary report no. 5: bats (Chiroptera). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 99: 429–454. BHL
• Peterson, R.L. 1968. A new bat of the genus Vampyressa from Guyana, South America, with a brief systematic review of the genus. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 73: 1–17. BHL

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Tavares, V., Muñoz, A. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2015. IUCN: Vampyressa thyone  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T136671A21989318. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136671A21989318.en. Accessed on 17 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat