Mormoops megalophylla
Taxonavigation
Familia: Mormoopidae
Genus: Mormoops
Species:
Subspecies (4): M. m. carteri – M. m. intermedia – M. m. megalophylla – M. m. tumidiceps
Name
Mormoops megalophylla Peters, 1864
- Holotype: ZMB 2826, adult ♀, in alcohol with skull removed.
- Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “southern Mexico” by Rehn (1902: 167), corrected to “Parrás, Coahuila, México” by Smith (1972: 116).
Native distribution areas
- South Texas, South Arizona (USA), and Baja California (Mexico) south to North-West Peru and North Venezuela
- Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
- Trinidad
- Margarita Island (Venezuela)
References
Primary references
- Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Platydactylus, Otocryptus, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes) und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, Capoeta, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 381–399. BHL
- Smith, J.D. 1972. Systematics of the Chiropteran Family Mormoopidae. Miscellaneous Publication, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 56: 1–132. BHL Reference page.
Links
- Davalos, L., Molinari, J., Mantilla-Meluk, H., Medina, C., Pineda, J. & Rodriguez, B. 2019. IUCN: Mormoops megalophylla (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13878A22086060. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13878A22086060.en. Accessed on 10 March 2024.
Vernacular names
- English: Peters's Ghost-faced Bat