Glossophaga

Glossophaga soricina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Glossophaginae
Tribus: Glossophagini
Genus: Glossophaga
Species (9): G. antillarum – G. bakeri – G. commissarisi – G. leachii – G. longirostris – G. morenoi – G. mutica – G. soricina – G. valens

Name

Glossophaga Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818: 418

• Type species: Vespertilio soricinus Pallas, 1766, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Phyllophora Gray, 1838
• Nicon Gray, 1847

References

Primary references

• Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1818. Sur de nouvelles chauve-souris, sous le nom de Glossophages. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 4: 411–418. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Webster, W.D. & Jones, Jr., J.K. 1980. Taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes on bats of the genus Glossophaga in North America, with description of a new species. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 71: 1–12. BHL Reference page. 
• Webster, W.D. 1993. Systematics and evolution of bats of the genus Glossophaga. Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University 36: 1–184. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoffmann,  F.G. & Baker, R.J. 2001. Systematics of Bats of the Genus Glossophaga (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) and Phylogeography in G. soricina Based on the Cytochrome-b Gene. Journal of Mammalogy 82(4): 1092–1101. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<1092:SOBOTG>2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Calahorra-Oliart, A., Ospina-Garcés, S.M. & León-Paniagua, L.S. 2021. Cryptic species in Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): do morphological data support molecular evidence?. Journal of Mammalogy 102(1): 54–68. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa116 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Long-tongued Bats