Taxonomy Profile: Mormoops blainvillei (Leach 1821)

Mormoops blainvillei: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Mormoops blainvillii
Leach 1821
Common Name(s):
Antillean Ghost-faced Bat []
Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mormoops blainvillei: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Chiroptera
bats |
morcego |
quiróptero |
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Mormoopidae
ghost-faced bats |
moustached bats |
naked-backed bats |
Genus : Mormoops
ghost-faced bats |
Species : Mormoops blainvillei
Antillean Ghost-faced Bat |
Blainville's Ghost-faced Bat |
Mormoops blainvillei Direct Children(s):
Mormoops blainvillei: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Chiroptera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
312-529
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Mormoops blainvillei
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2019-01-01 / 2019-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats
Page(s):
1008
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
978-84-16728190/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mormoops blainvillei
Mormoops blainvillei: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Caribbean Territories / Native
Mormoops blainvillei: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) - Lower Risk (nt)
Comment:
Comments: See Lancaster and Kalko (1996) and Timm and Genoways (2003). Often spelled blainvillii, but this was an incorrect original spelling; the correct spelling is blainvillei (see Opinion 462 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1958b). The ICZN placed blainvilli on the Offical Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology, and placed blainvillei on the Offical List of Specific Names in Zoology in Opinion 462