''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:
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Angel's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira angeli''
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Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira aratathomasi''
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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 i ...
, ''Sturnira bakeri''
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Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira bidens''
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Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira bogotensis''
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Burton's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira burtonlimi''
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Hairy yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira erythromos''
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Gianna's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira giannae''
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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''
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Sturnira koopmanhilli''
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Little yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira lilium''
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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''
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Louis's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira luisi''
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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
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, ''Sturnira magna''
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Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira mistratensis''
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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''
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Lesser yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira nana''
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Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira oporaphilum''
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Northern yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira parvidens''
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Paulson's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira paulsoni''
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La Perla yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira perla''
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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''
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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''
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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
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