Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Thyroptera discifera (Lichtenstein & Peters, 1855)
Also calledHondurashechtschijfvleermuis (nld) · Murciélago de ventosas buchipardo (spa) · Peters-Haftscheibenfledermaus (deu) · Pipistrello dell'Honduras (ita) · Przylgowiec honduraski (pol) · Thyroptère de Peters (fra) · Thyroptére de Peters (fra) · isoimujalka (fin) · netopýrek Petersův (ces) · Гондурасский присосконог (rus) · ホンジュラススイツキコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin vol.1855 p.335
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Thyroptera discifera subsp. discifera Lichtenstein and Peters 1855 Subspecies Thyroptera discifera subsp. abdita Wilson 1976
Order Chiroptera - Family Thyropteridae
conservation
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Thyropteridae
distribution
Distribution: Nicaragua; Panama and Colombia to Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.
Order Chiroptera - Family Thyropteridae
materials_examined
These include 33 specimens listed by Pine (1993: 222) and the 9 listed below. The latter are all in the (U. S.) National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. [USNM]. All skins with skulls unless otherwise indicated: NICARAGUA. Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur [formerly Zelaya]: Escondido River, 50 mi from Bluefields [See Genoways and Timm (2019: 484) concerning this locality], 1 M, 2 F (USNM 51538 – 51540 — in fluid but skull of 51538 removed). PANAMÁ. Chiriquí: 14.5 km NW El Volcán, Finca Santa Clara, 1200 – 1500 m [El Volcán = “ El Hato del Volcán and Lava Flow ” at 8 ° 47 ’ N, - 82 ° 38 ’ W (Fairchild and Handley 1966)], 1 F (USNM 537583 — in fluid); Panamá Oeste (formerly Canal Zone): Barro Colorado Is. (PC 21) [= Barro Colorado Island at 9 ° 09 ’ N, - 79 ° 51 ’ W, Fairchild and Handley 1966], 1 F (USNM 14799). VENEZUELA. Distrito Federal: San Julian [= San Julián at sea level and at 10 ° 37 ’ N, - 66 ° 50 ’ W (Paynter 1982)], 1 F [USNM 105419 — fluid specimens USNM 102923 – 102925 from this locality and with sexual composition unrecorded by Pine (1993) are 2 M, 1 F].
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2432774.