Vampyressa villai

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 villai

Name

Vampyressa villai Garbino, Hernández-Canchola, León-Paniagua & Tavares 2024

• Holotype: MZFC 16012, adult ♂, skin, extracted skull, extracted postcranial skeleton (including the left wing and leg), and tissue samples.
• Type locality: “México, Guerrero, Mpio. Cuautepec [= Municipio de Cuautepec], Coacoyulichán” (16°47ʹ40″N, 98°55ʹ60″W), 418 m above sea level.

References

Primary references

• Garbino, G.S.T., Hernández-Canchola, G., León-Paniagua, L. & Tavares, V.C. 2024. A new Mexican endemic species of yellow-eared bat in the genus Vampyressa (Phyllostomidae, Stenodermatinae). Journal of Mammalogy gyae001. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae001

Vernacular names

English: Villa’s Little Yellow-eared Bat
español: Vampiresa de Villa