bidentate yellow-shouldered bat
{{Short description|Species of bat}}
{{speciesbox
| image =
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Sturnira
| species = bidens
| authority = (Thomas, 1915)
| range_map=Distribution of Sturnira bidens.png
| synonyms = {{species list
| Corvira bidens|Thomas, 1915}}
}}
The bidentate yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira bidens) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in South America.
Taxonomy and etymology
It was described as a new species in 1915 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype had been collected by Walter Goodfellow in April 1914 in Baeza, Ecuador. Thomas described a new, now-defunct genus, Corvira, giving the species the binomial of Corvira bidens.{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/00222931508693718|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003941|title=XXXVI.—A new genus of phyllostome bats and a new Rhipidomys from Ecuador|journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History|volume=16|issue=94|pages=310–312|year=1915|last1=Thomas|first1=Oldfield}} The species name "bidens" is Latin for "two teeth;" of the bidentate yellow bat, Thomas wrote, "lower incisors only two."
Description
It has a forearm length of {{cvt|39.3-43.3|mm|in}}. It has a long and narrow snout and an overall narrow skull. It has a dental formula of {{DentalFormula|upper=2.1.2.3|lower=1.1.2.3}} for a total of 30 teeth.{{cite book| last=Gardner| first=A. L.| year=2008| publisher=University of Chicago Press| volume=1| title=Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats|page=364–365| isbn=978-0226282428}}
Range and habitat
References
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{{Phyllostomidae|S.}}
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Category:Mammals described in 1915
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas