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Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira ludovici Anthony, 1924
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
According to Gardner, 2008
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Open encyclopedia reference
The highland yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira ludovici) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.
Wikipedia contributors, Highland yellow-shouldered bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:10:32.927775+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sturnira ludovici Anthony, 1924
- Name authority
- Anthony, 1924
- Common name
- Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Genus
- Sturnira
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825
- subfamilyStenodermatinae Gervais, 1856
- tribeSturnirini Miller, 1907
- genusSturnira Gray, 1842
- speciesSturnira ludovici Anthony, 1924
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sturnira. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Arata-Thomas Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira aratathomasi Peterson & Tamsitt, 1968 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burton's Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira burtonlimi Velazco & Patterson, 2014 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira erythromos (Tschudi, 1844) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Honduran Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira hondurensis Goodwin, 1940 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira lilium (E. Geoffroy, 1810) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira magna de la Torre, 1966 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Talamancan Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira mordax (Goodwin, 1938) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tschudi's Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira oporaphilum (Tschudi, 1844) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paulson's Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira paulsoni de la Torre, 1966 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soriano's Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira sorianoi Sánchez-Hernández, Romero-Almaraz & Schnell, 2005 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tilda Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira tildae de la Torre, 1959 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Adriana's Yellow-shouldered BatSturnira adrianae Molinari, Bustos, Burneo, Camacho, Moreno & Fermín, 2017 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sturnira ludovici occidentalis Jones & Phillips, 1964 Jones & Phillips, 1964 | synonym |
| Sturnira ludovici ludovici Anthony, 1924 Anthony, 1924 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631861 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5383X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.