Valdir Antonio Taddei (1942–2004) was a Brazilian professor of mammalogy, known for his expertise in bats and works on

chiroptera Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). 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 birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

n phylogenetics and mammalian

systematics Systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: phylogenetic trees, phylogenies). Phy ...

. He had a PhD in Biological Sciences (Zoology) and a Graduation in Natural History from the Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho.

Species described by Valdir Antonio Taddei

* Chiroderma vizottoi * Dekeyser's nectar bat * Bokermann's nectar bat

Honors and awards

* '' Eptesicus taddeii,'' a species of bat, was named after Valdir to honor his contribution to the study of bats.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taddei, Valdir Antonio 1960 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Brazilian zoologists