Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat: Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Phyllostomidae

Genus: Vampyressa

Species: V. melissa

Binomial name

Vampyressa melissa
Thomas, 1926

Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat (Vampyressa melissa) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.^[1]^[2]

Source

^ ^a ^b "Vampyressa melissa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/22839. Retrieved 13 September 2009.

^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?s=y&id=13801462, retrieved 13 September 2009

v · Phyllostomidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria · Order: Chiroptera

Subfamilies Brachyphyllinae, Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Phyllonycterinae

Brachyphyllinae

Brachyphylla

Cuban Fruit-eating Bat (B. nana) · Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (B. cavernarum)

Carolliinae

Carollia
(Short-tailed
Leaf-nosed Bats)

Benkeith's Short-tailed Bat (C. benkeithi) · Silky Short-tailed Bat (C. brevicauda) · Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (C. castanea) · Colombian Short-tailed Bat (C. colombiana) · Manu Short-tailed Bat (C. manu) · C. monohernandezi · Seba's Short-tailed Bat (C. perspicillata) · Sowell's Short-tailed Bat (C. sowelli) · Gray Short-tailed Bat (C. subrufa)

Rhinophylla

Hairy Little Fruit Bat (R. alethina) · Fischer's Little Fruit Bat (R. fischerae) · Dwarf Little Fruit Bat (R. pumilio)

Desmodontinae
(Vampire Bats)

Desmodus

Common Vampire Bat (D. rotundus)

Diaemus

White-winged Vampire Bat (D. youngi)

Diphylla

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (D. ecaudata)

Phyllonycterinae

Erophylla

Phyllonycteris

Jamaican Flower Bat (P. aphylla) · Cuban Flower Bat (P. poeyi)

Subfamily Glossophaginae

Glossophagini

Anoura
(Geoffroy's
Long-nosed Bats)

A. aequatoris · Choeroniscus

Godman's Long-tailed Bat (C. godmani) · Greater Long-tailed Bat (C. periosus) · Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat (C. minor)

Choeronycteris

Mexican Long-tongued Bat (C. mexicana)

Glossophaga

Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat (G. commissarisi) · Gray Long-tongued Bat (G. leachii) · Miller's Long-tongued Bat (G. longirostris) · Western Long-tongued Bat (G. morenoi) · Pallas's Long-tongued Bat (G. soricina)

Hylonycteris

Underwood's Long-tongued Bat (H. underwoodi)

Leptonycteris
(Saussure's
Long-nosed Bats)

Southern Long-nosed Bat (L. curasoae) · Greater Long-nosed Bat (L. nivalis) · Lesser Long-nosed Bat (L. yerbabuenae)

Lichonycteris

Dark Long-tongued Bat (L. obscura)

Monophyllus

Insular Single Leaf Bat (M. plethodon) · Leach's Single Leaf Bat (M. redmani)

Musonycteris

Banana Bat (M. harrisoni)

Scleronycteris

Ega Long-tongued Bat (S. ega)

Lonchophyllini

Lionycteris

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat (L. spurrelli)

Lonchophylla

Bokermann's Nectar Bat (L. bokermanni) · L. concava · Dekeyser's Nectar Bat (L. dekeyseri) · L. orienticollina · Platalina

Long-snouted Bat (P. genovensium)

Xeronycteris

Vieira's Long-tongued Bat (X. vieirai)

Subfamily Phyllostominae

Micronycterini

Glyphonycteris

Behn's Bat (G. behnii) · Davies's Big-eared Bat (G. daviesi) · Tricolored Big-eared Bat (G. sylvestris)

Lampronycteris

Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat (L. brachyotis)

Macrotus
(Big-eared Bats)

California Leaf-nosed Bat (M. californicus) · Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat (M. waterhousii)

Micronycteris
(Little Big-eared
Bats)

Brosset's Big-eared Bat (M. brosseti) · Neonycteris

Least Big-eared Bat (N. pusilla)

Trinycteris

Niceforo's Big-eared Bat (T. nicefori)

Vampyrini

Chrotopterus

Big-eared Woolly Bat (C. auritus)

Lophostoma

Tonatia
(Round-eared Bats)

Greater Round-eared Bat (T. bidens) · Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat (T. saurophila)

Trachops

Fringe-lipped Bat (T. cirrhosus)

Vampyrum

Spectral Bat (V. spectrum)

Lonchorhinini

Lonchorhina
(Sword-nosed Bats)

Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat (L. aurita) · Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat (L. fernandezi) · Northern Sword-nosed Bat (L. inusitata) · Marinkelle's Sword-nosed Bat (L. marinkellei) · Orinoco Sword-nosed Bat (L. orinocensis)

Macrophyllum

Long-legged Bat (M. macrophyllum)

Mimon
(Gray's Spear-nosed
Bats)

Golden Bat (M. bennettii) · Phyllostomatini

Phylloderma

Pale-faced Bat (P. stenops)

Phyllostomus
(Spear-nosed Bats)

Pale Spear-nosed Bat (P. discolor) · Lesser Spear-nosed Bat (P. elongatus) · Greater Spear-nosed Bat (P. hastatus) · Guianan Spear-nosed Bat (P. latifolius)

Subfamily Stenodermatinae

Ametrida
Little White-shouldered Bat (A. centurio)

Ardops
Tree Bat (A. nichollsi)

Ariteus
Jamaican Fig-eating Bat (A. flavescens)

Artibeus
(Neotropical Fruit Bats)
Subgenus Artibeus: Large Fruit-eating Bat (A. amplus) · Fringed Fruit-eating Bat (A. fimbriatus) · Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat (A. fraterculus) · Hairy Fruit-eating Bat (A. hirsutus) · Honduran Fruit-eating Bat (A. inopinatus) · Jamaican Fruit Bat (A. jamaicensis) · Great Fruit-eating Bat (A. lituratus) · Dark Fruit-eating Bat (A. obscurus) · Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat (A. planirostris)
Subgenus Dermanura: Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (A. anderseni) · Aztec Fruit-eating Bat (A. aztecus) · Koopmania: Brown Fruit-eating Bat (A. concolor)

Centurio
Wrinkle-faced Bat (C. senex)

Chiroderma
(Big-eyed Bats)
Brazilian Big-eyed Bat (C. doriae) · Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (C. improvisum) · Salvin's Big-eyed Bat (C. salvini) · Little Big-eyed Bat (C. trinitatum) · Hairy Big-eyed Bat (C. villosum)

Ectophylla
Honduran White Bat (E. alba)

Enchisthenes
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat (E. hartii)

Mesophylla
MacConnell's Bat (M. macconnelli)

Phyllops
(Falcate-winged Bats)
Cuban Fig-eating Bat (P. falcatus)

Platyrrhinus
P. angustirostris · P. aquilus · Eldorado Broad-nosed Bat (P. aurarius) · Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat (P. brachycephalus) · Choco Broad-nosed Bat (P. chocoensis) · Thomas's Broad-nosed Bat (P. dorsalis) · P. fusciventris · Heller's Broad-nosed Bat (P. helleri) · P. incarum · Buffy Broad-nosed Bat (P. infuscus) · P. nitelinea · Recife Broad-nosed Bat (P. recifinus) · Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat (P. umbratus) · Greater Broad-nosed Bat (P. vittatus)

Pygoderma
Ipanema Bat (P. bilabiatum)

Sphaeronycteris
Visored Bat (S. toxophyllum)

Stenoderma
Red Fruit Bat (S. rufum)

Sturnira
(Yellow-shouldered Bats)
Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. aratathomasi) · Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. bidens) · Bogota Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. bogotensis) · Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. erythromos) · Uroderma
(Tent-building Bats)

Tent-making Bat (U. bilobatum) · Brown Tent-making Bat (U. magnirostrum)

Vampyressa
(Yellow-eared Bats)
Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat (V. bidens) · Brock's Yellow-eared Bat (V. brocki) · Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat (V. melissa) · Striped Yellow-eared Bat (V. nymphaea) · Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat (V. pusilla) · Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat (V. thyone)

Vampyrodes
Great Stripe-faced Bat (V. caraccioli)

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Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Vampyressa
Species:	V. melissa
Binomial name
*Vampyressa melissa* Thomas, 1926

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