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Mistratoan Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira mistratensis Vega & Cadena, 2000
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 Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira mistratensis), is a species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to the Cordillera Occidental, in the Mistrato municipality in Risaralda, Colombia. Since existing information derives exclusively from the holotype, the status of the species, its environmental requirements, and the trend of the population are unknown.
Wikipedia contributors, Mistratoan 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 2026-10-05T12:20:49.674559+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sturnira mistratensis Vega & Cadena, 2000
- Name authority
- Vega & Cadena, 2000
- Common name
- Mistratoan 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 mistratensis Vega & Cadena, 2000
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 |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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=946067 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:53842. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.