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Genus of bats

Sturnira
Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira tildae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
Genus: Sturnira
Gray, 1842
Type species
Sturnira spectrum
Gray, 1842
Species

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Sturnira known as a yellow-shouldered bat or American epauleted bat, is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. The genus name comes from the Latin for "starling" and refers to HMS Starling, which took part in an 1836 voyage to Brazil during which the type specimen was collected. It contains the following species:

References

  1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Giannini, N.P. & Barquez, R.M. (2003). "Sturnira erythromos". Mammalian Species. 729: Number 729: pp. 1–5. doi:10.1644/729.
  3. McCarthy, T. J.; Albuja, L.; Alberico, M. S. (2006). "A new species of chocoan Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) from western Ecuador and Colombia". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 75 (2): 97–111. doi:10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[97:ANSOCS]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86259761.

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.

Extant species of family Phyllostomidae
Brachyphyllinae
Brachyphylla
Carolliinae
Carollia
(Short-tailed
leaf-nosed bats)
Rhinophylla
Desmodontinae
(vampire bats)
Desmodus
Diaemus
Diphylla
Phyllonycterinae
Erophylla
Phyllonycteris
Subfamily Glossophaginae
Glossophagini
Anoura
(Geoffroy's
long-nosed bats)
Choeroniscus
Choeronycteris
DryadonycterisD. capixaba
Glossophaga
Hylonycteris
Leptonycteris
(Saussure's
long-nosed bats)
Lichonycteris
Monophyllus
Musonycteris
Scleronycteris
Hsunycterini
Hsunycteris
Lonchophyllini
Lionycteris
Lonchophylla
Platalina
Xeronycteris
Subfamily Phyllostominae
Micronycterini
Glyphonycteris
Lampronycteris
Macrotus
(big-eared bats)
Micronycteris
(Little Big-eared
Bats)
Neonycteris
Trinycteris
Vampyrini
Chrotopterus
Lophostoma
Tonatia
(round-eared bats)
Trachops
Vampyrum
Lonchorhinini
Lonchorhina
(sword-nosed bats)
Macrophyllum
Mimon
(Gray's Spear-nosed
Bats)
Phyllostomatini
Phylloderma
Phyllostomus
(spear-nosed bats)
Subfamily Stenodermatinae
Ametrida
Ardops
Ariteus
Artibeus
(Neotropical fruit bats)
Centurio
Chiroderma
(big-eyed bats)
Dermanura
Ectophylla
Enchisthenes
Mesophylla
Phyllops
(Falcate-winged bats)
Platyrrhinus
Pygoderma
Sphaeronycteris
Stenoderma
Sturnira
(yellow-shouldered bats)
Uroderma
(Tent-building bats)
Vampyressa
(yellow-eared bats)
Vampyriscus
Vampyrodes
Taxon identifiers
Sturnira


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