Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Guadeloupean Big-eyed Bat, Antillean White-lined Bat, Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat, Guadeloupe White-Lined Bat
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
Little is known about its natural history; presumably it is frugivorous
like other members
of the genus; it has been collect in open field
adjacent
to gallery forest
, over streams
, and under gallery forest
(Jones and Baker, 1980).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Van Valen, 1979
- Family:
Phyllostomidae
()
- (Gray, 1825) Waterhouse, 1839
- Subfamily:
Stenodermatinae
()
- Tribe:
Stenodermatini
()
- Subtribe:
Stenodermatina
()
- Genus:
Chiroderma
()
- Peters, 1860
- Specific name:
improvisum
- Baker and Genoways, 1976
- Scientific name: - Chiroderma improvisum Baker & Genoways, 1976 Baker and Genoways, 1976
- Specific name:
improvisum
- Baker and Genoways, 1976
- Genus:
Chiroderma
(
- Subtribe:
Stenodermatina
(
- Tribe:
Stenodermatini
(
- Subfamily:
Stenodermatinae
(
- Family:
Phyllostomidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Chiroderma improvisum Baker & Greenways, 1976
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Chiroderma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. doriae (Brazilian Big-Eyed Bat) · C. improvisum (Guadeloupean Big-Eyed Bat) · C. salvini (Salvin's White-Lined Bat) · C. salvini salvini (Salvin's Big-Eyed Bat) · C. trinitatum (Goodwin's Bat) · C. villosum (Hairy Big-Eyed Bat)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Jones Jr., J. K. and Baker, R. J. 1980. Chiroderma improvisum. Mammalian Species 134: 1-2.
- Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Dávalos, L. & Rodriguez, A. 2008. Chiroderma improvisum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104845
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631847
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631847
- IUCN ID: 199838
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 384
Footnotes
- Dávalos, L. & Rodriguez, A. 2008. Chiroderma improvisum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
