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 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 ♂, skin in alcohol and skull removed.

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.

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.

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. 1912. A small collection of bats from Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42: 21–26. BHL
• Thomas, O. 1924. On a collection of mammals made by Mr. Latham Rutter in the Peruvian Amazons. The 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 (Phyllostomatidae) with a molecular phylogeny and review of the genus. Acta Chiropterologica 5(1): 15–29. DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0102

Links

• Vampyressa thyone 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.
• IUCN: Vampyressa thyone  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat