Bats of the World

A Taxonomic and Geographic Database

Compiled and Edited by:
Nancy B. Simmons and Andrea L. Cirranello
American Museum of Natural History

Your search for Phylloderma septentrionale resulted in 1 species-level match:

Phylloderma Peters, 1865. Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1865: 513.

Ph[yllostoma (Phylloderma)] stenops Peters, 1865

Phylloderma septentrionale Goodwin, 1940.
Am. Mus. Novitates 1075: 1.
Northern Pale-faced Bat

Honduras, Department La Paz, six miles north of Marcala, Las Pilas

S Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas) to Nicaragua

CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Least Concern under Phylloderma stenops (2015).

The generic name Phylloderma is neuter and therefore the correct spelling of the species epithet is septentrionale. It is not yet clear if Costa Rican populations belong to septentrionale or stenops as Camacho et al. (2026) did not include specimens from Costa Rica in their study.

References:

Camacho, M.A., S.F. Burneo, D. Cadar, B. Horváth, G.E. Tóth, and J. Murienne. 2026. Geographic structuring and species limits in Phylloderma stenops (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): Revalidation of P. septentrionalis in Central America.. Vertebrate Zoology 76: 339-359. Read article.

Goodwin, G.G. 1940. Three new bats from Honduras and the first record of Enchisthenes harti (Thomas) for North America. American Museum Novitates 1075: 1-3. Read article.