''Sturnira'' known as a yellow-shouldered bat or American epauleted bat, is a genus of
bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...
in the family
Phyllostomidae. The genus name comes from the Latin for "
starling
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine (perching) birds known for the often dark, glossy iridescent sheen of their plumage; their complex vocalizations including mimicking; and their distinctive, often elaborate swarming behavior, know ...
" and refers to , which took part in an 1836 voyage to Brazil during which the
type
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specimen was collected.
It contains the following species:
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Angel's yellow-shouldered bat
''Sturnira angeli'', also known as the Guadeloupe yellow-shouldered bat or Angel's yellow-shouldered bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Antilles. As of 2018 it is listed as near threatened by the I ...
, ''Sturnira angeli''
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Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat
Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira aratathomasi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae native to South America.
Taxonomy and etymology
It was described as a new species in 1968. The first documentation of the species, ...
, ''Sturnira aratathomasi''
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Baker's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira bakeri''
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Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat
The bidentate yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira bidens'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in South America.
Taxonomy and etymology
It was species description, described as a new species in 1915 by British zoologist ...
, ''Sturnira bidens''
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Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira bogotensis''
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Burton's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira burtonlimi''
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Hairy yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira erythromos''
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Gianna's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira giannae''
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Choco yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira hondurensis''
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Sturnira koopmanhilli''
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Little yellow-shouldered bat
The little yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira lilium'') is a bat species from South and Central America. It is a frugivore
A frugivore ( ) is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits or succulent fruit-like produce of plants such as roots, ...
, ''Sturnira lilium''
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Highland yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira ludovici''
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Louis's yellow-shouldered bat
Louis's yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira luisi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South Amer ...
, ''Sturnira luisi''
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Greater yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira magna''
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Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira mistratensis''
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Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat
The Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira mordax'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found only in Costa Rica and Panama, and there are no subspecies.
Description
The bat is relatively small, with adults measuring ...
, ''Sturnira mordax''
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Lesser yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira nana''
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Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira oporaphilum''
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Northern yellow-shouldered bat
The little yellow-shouldered Mesoamerican bat (''Sturnira parvidens'') is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Mexico and Central America.
Taxonomy
It was described as a subspecies of the little yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira lilium'') in 19 ...
, ''Sturnira parvidens''
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Paulson's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira paulsoni''
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La Perla yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira perla''
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Soriano's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira sorianoi''
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Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat
Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira tildae'') is a bat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Tri ...
, ''Sturnira tildae''
References
Velazco, P.M. & B.D. Patterson. 2019. Small mammals of the Mayo River basin in northern Peru, with the description of a new species of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 429:1-70.
Bat genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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