Macrotus Gray, 1843. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1843: 21
Macrotus waterhousii Gray, 1843
Otopterus Lydekker, 1891.
References:
Anderson, S. and C.E. Nelson. 1965. A systematic revision of Macrotus (Chiroptera). American Museum Novitates 2212: 1-39. Read article.
Gray, J.E. 1843. (Letter addressed to the curator). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part XI(1843): 20-22. Read article.
Macrotus californicus Baird, 1858.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 10: 116.
Californian Leaf-nosed Bat
USA, California, Imperial Co., Old Fort Yuma
S Nevada and S California (USA) south to N Sinaloa and SW Chihuahua (Mexico); Baja California and Tamaulipas (Mexico)
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2018).
For a comparison with waterhousii, see Davis and Baker (1974) and Greenbaum and Baker (1976). Considered to be a subspecies of waterhousii by Anderson (1969a) and Hall (1981).
References:
Anderson, S. 1969. Macrotus waterhousii. Mammalian Species 1: 1-4. Read article.
Baird, S.F. 1858. Description of a phyllostome bat from California, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10(1858): 116-117. Read article.
Davis, B.L. and R.J. Baker. 1974. Morphometrics, evolution, and cytotaxonomy of mailand bats of the genus Macrotus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Systematic Biology 23(1): 26-39. Read abstract.
Greenbaum, I.F. and R.J. Baker. 1976. Evolutionary relationships in Macrotus (Mammalia: Chiroptera): biochemical variation and karyology. Systematic Biology 25(1): 15-26. Read abstract.
Hall, E.R. 1981. The Mammals of North America. Wiley, New York: xv + 1-600. Not available online.
Macrotus waterhousii Gray, 1843.
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1843: 21.
Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat
bulleri H. Allen, 1890
.compressus Rehn, 1904
.jamaicensis Rehn, 1904
.mexicanus Saussure, 1860:
bocourtianus Dobson, 1876.
minor Gundlach, 1864
.waterhousii Gray, 1843:
heberfolium Shamel, 1931.
Haiti
Sonora and Hidalgo (Mexico); Bahama Isls; Turks and Caicos Isls.; Cuba; Cayman Isls.; Jamaica; Hispaniola and Beata Isls
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2018).
Includes mexicanus; see Anderson and Nelson (1965). See Anderson (1969). Caribbean forms reviewed by Timm and Genoways (2003). Guatemalan records are dubious; see Kraker-Castaneda et al. (2016).
References:
Anderson, S. 1969. Macrotus waterhousii. Mammalian Species 1: 1-4. Read article.
Anderson, S. and C.E. Nelson. 1965. A systematic revision of Macrotus (Chiroptera). American Museum Novitates 2212: 1-39. Read article.
Gray, J.E. 1843. (Letter addressed to the curator). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part XI(1843): 20-22. Read article.
Timm, R.M. and H.H. Genoways. 2003. West Indian mammals from the Albert Schwartz Collection: biological and historical information. Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Musuem 107: 1-47. Read article.
Revised by Anderson and Nelson (1965).