''Sturnira'' known as a yellow-shouldered bat or American epauleted bat, is a genus of

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

in the family Phyllostomidae. The genus name comes from the Latin for "

starling Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The Sturnidae are named for the genus ''Sturnus'', which in turn comes from the Latin word for starling, ''sturnus''. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, ...

" and refers to , which took part in an 1836 voyage to Brazil during which the type specimen was collected. It contains the following species: *

Angel's yellow-shouldered bat ''Sturnira angeli'', also known as the Guadeloupe yellow-shouldered bat or Angel's yellow-shouldered bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Antilles. As of 2018 it is listed as near threatened by the I ...

, ''Sturnira angeli'' *

Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira aratathomasi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae native to South America. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1968. The first documentation of the species, ...

, ''Sturnira aratathomasi'' *

Baker's yellow-shouldered bat ''Sturnira bakeri'' is a species of bat found in South-America. Taxonomy ''Sturnira bakeri'' was described as a new species in 2014. Its description was the result of molecular and morphological new analyses. The holotype had been collected in ...

, ''Sturnira bakeri'' *

Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat The bidentate yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira bidens'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in South America. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1915 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. T ...

, ''Sturnira bidens'' *

Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat The Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira bogotensis'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes from 300 m to above 2000 m, particularly in cloud forest. The species ...

, ''Sturnira bogotensis'' * Burton's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira burtonlimi'' *

Hairy yellow-shouldered bat The hairy yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira erythromos'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae native to South America. There are no recognised subspecies. Description The hairy yellow-shouldered bat is a small bat, on average measu ...

, ''Sturnira erythromos'' * Gianna's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira giannae'' *

Choco yellow-shouldered bat ''Sturnira honurensis'' is a species of bat found in Central America. Previously, it was considered a subspecies of the highland yellow-shouldered bat, but it has been considered distinct since 2010. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a ...

, ''Sturnira hondurensis'' * ''

Sturnira koopmanhilli ''Sturnira koopmanhilli'' is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in South America. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 2006. The holotype had been collected in 1991 in Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve—a nature reserve in Ecua ...

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Little yellow-shouldered bat The little yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira lilium'') is a bat species from South and Central America. It is a frugivore A frugivore is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits or succulent fruit-like produce of plants such as roots, shoo ...

, ''Sturnira lilium'' *

Highland yellow-shouldered bat The highland yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira ludovici'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. Refer ...

, ''Sturnira ludovici'' * Louis's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira luisi'' *

Greater yellow-shouldered bat The greater yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira magna'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo na ...

, ''Sturnira magna'' *

Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat The Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira mistratensis''), is a species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to the Cordillera Occidental, in the Mistrato municipality in Risaralda, Colombia. Since existing information derives exclusively from ...

, ''Sturnira mistratensis'' *

Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat The Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira mordax'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found only in Costa Rica and Panama, and there are no subspecies. Description The bat is relatively small, with adults measuring ...

, ''Sturnira mordax'' *

Lesser yellow-shouldered bat The lesser yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira nana'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is native to Peru and Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss. Taxonomy and etymology It was described in 1971, based on a specimen tha ...

, ''Sturnira nana'' * Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira oporaphilum'' *

Northern yellow-shouldered bat ''Sturnira parvidens'' is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Central America. Taxonomy It was described as a subspecies of the little yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira lilium'') in 1917 by American zoologist Edward Alphonso Goldman and given ...

, ''Sturnira parvidens'' * Paulson's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira paulsoni'' * ''

La Perla yellow-shouldered bat ''Sturnira perla'' is a species of yellow-shouldered bat found in Ecuador. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 2011 by Jarrín and Kunz. The holotype had been collected in Bosque Protector La Perla in 1990. Its species ...

, ''Sturnira perla'' *

Soriano's yellow-shouldered bat Soriano's yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira sorianoi''), is an extant species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to Bolivia and Venezuela, although its precise distribution is uncertain. Following the postulation of the species in 2005, ''S. sorianoi'' ...

, ''Sturnira sorianoi'' *

Thomas's yellow-shouldered bat The Thomas's yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira thomasi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Guadeloupe. Taxonomy The genus ''Sturnira'' is known from six islands in the Lesser Antilles with Montserrat M ...

, ''Sturnira thomasi'' *

Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira tildae'') is a bat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic ...

, ''Sturnira tildae''

References

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. Bat genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{leafnosed-bat-stub