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Vampyressa Sinchi
''Vampyressa'' is a genus of bats in the family leaf-nosed bat, Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. They are known commonly as the yellow-eared bats or yellow-eared vampire bats.Tavares, V., et al. (2014)Systematics of ''Vampyressa melissa'' Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of ''Vampyressa''.''American Museum Novitates'' 3813 1-17. There are five species. Three species were recently moved to the genus ''Vampyriscus''. The two genera are differentiated by the morphology of their bones and teeth and the pattern of their fur, pelage. Species include: *''Vampyressa elisabethae'' * Melissa's yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa melissa'') * Southern little yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa pusilla'') *''Vampyressa sinchi'' * Northern little yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa thyone'') References Vampyressa, Bat genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{leafnosed-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat
The southern little yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa pusilla'') is a frugivorous bat species found in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. References Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Bats of Central America Vampyressa Mammals described in 1843 {{leafnosed-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldfield Thomas
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist. Career Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for the first time. He was appointed to the museum secretary's office in 1876, transferring to the zoological department in 1878. In 1891, Thomas married Mary Kane, daughter of Sir Andrew Clark, heiress to a small fortune, which gave him the finances to hire mammal collectors and present their specimens to the museum. He also did field work himself in Western Europe and South America. His wife shared his interest in natural history, and accompanied him on collecting trips. In 1896, when William Henry Flower took control of the department, he hired Richard Lydekker Richard Lydekker (; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. Biography Richard Lydekker was born at Tavistock Square in London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampyressa Pusilla
The southern little yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa pusilla'') is a frugivorous bat species found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ..., Argentina and Paraguay. References Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Bats of Central America Vampyressa Mammals described in 1843 {{leafnosed-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |