Sturnira
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Sturnira | |
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Sturnira lilium | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Sturnira |
Sturnira is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. The genus name comes from the Latin for "starling" and refers to the HMS Starling, which took part in an 1836 voyage to Brazil during which the type specimen was collected.[1] It contains the following species:
- Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira aratathomasi
- Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira bidens
- Bogotá Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira bogotensis
- Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira erythromos
- Chocó Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira koopmanhilli
- Little Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira lilium
- Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira ludovici
- Louis's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira luisi
- Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira magna
- Mistratoan Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira mistratensis
- Talamancan Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira mordax
- Lesser Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira nana
- Tschudi's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira oporaphilum
- Sturnira perla
- Soriano's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira sorianoi
- Thomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira thomasi
- Tilda's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira tildae
References
- ↑ Giannini, N.P. & Barquez, R.M. (2003). "Sturnira erythromos". Mammalian Species: Number 729: pp. 1–5. doi:10.1644/729.
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