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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Chrotopterus
Peters, 1865
- Peters's woolly false vampire bat
(mammal)
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Entity:
Phyllostominae (Subfamily)
..Glyphonycteris (Genus)
..Lampronycteris (Genus)
..Lonchorhina (Genus) - sword-nosed bats
..Lophostoma (Genus)
..Macrophyllum (Genus) - long-legged bat
..Macrotus (Genus) - big-eared bats
..Micronycteris (Genus) - big-eared bats
..Mimon (Genus) - Gray's spear-nosed bats
..Neonycteris (Genus)
..†Notonycteris (Genus)
..Phylloderma (Genus) - Peters's spear-nosed bat
..Phyllostomus (Genus) - spear-nosed bats
..Tonatia (Genus) - round-eared bats
..Trachops (Genus) - frog-eating bat
..Trinycteris (Genus)
..Vampyrum (Genus) - Linnaeus's false vampire bat
..Chrotopterus (Genus) - Peters's woolly false vampire bat
....Chrotopterus auritus (Species) - Peters' woolly false vampire bat
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(W. Peters, 1865)
Original name
:
Peters, W. 1865.
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin
1865
: 505.
Subsequent rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type, by original designation
:
Chrotopterus auritus
(Peters, 1856)
Variants
Basionym
:
Chrotopterus
(Subgenus)
Peters, 1865
Different spelling
:
Chrotoptems
(Genus)
Dobson, 1878
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Vampyrus
(Genus)
Peters, 1856, nom. illeg.
Ref:
N.B. Simmons, 2005
: 403.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Peters's woolly false vampire bat
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