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Vampyressa melissa  Thomas, 1926
Taxonomic Serial No.: 631872

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825 – New World leaf-nosed bats  
                                           SubfamilyStenodermatinae Gervais, 1856  
                                              TribeStenodermatini Gervais, 1856 – fruit bats  
                                                 SubtribeVampyressina Baker, Solari, Cirranello and Simmons, 2016  
                                                    GenusVampyressa Thomas, 1900 – yellow-eared bats  
                                                       SpeciesVampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926 – Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source:    
  Acquired:    
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammals of South America, Vol. 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats   
  Page(s): xx + 669   
  Publisher: University of Chicaco Press   
  Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-226-28240-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Morales-Martínez, Darwin M., Miguel E. Rodríguez-Posada, and Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new cryptic species of yellow-eared bat Vampyressa melissa species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 102, no 1   
  Page(s): 90-100   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1542   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa137 ; available online at https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-mammalogy/volume-102/issue-1/gyaa137/A-new-cryptic-species-of-yellow-eared-bat-Vampyressa-melissa/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa137.full   
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa, Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tavares, Valéria da C., Alfred L. Gardner, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves, and Paúl M. Velazco  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics of Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of Vampyressa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, no. 3813   
  Page(s): 1-27   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0082   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1206/3813.1   
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa, Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Vampyressa melissa, Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) - Lower Risk (nt)  
 

 

    

 
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