NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD

Salvin's Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Salvin's big-eyed bat (Chiroderma salvini) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Wikipedia contributors, Salvin's big-eyed bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:16:41.541529+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Chiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878
Name authority: Dobson, 1878
Common name: Salvin's Big-eyed Bat
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Chiroderma
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
tribeStenodermatini Gervais, 1856
subtribeVampyressina Baker, Solari, Cirranello & Simmons, 2016
genusChiroderma Peters, 1860
speciesChiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Chiroderma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Little Big-eyed BatChiroderma trinitatum Goodwin, 1958	PhyllostomidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Hairy Big-eyed BatChiroderma villosum Peters, 1860	PhyllostomidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 183 records assigned to Phyllostomidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Chiroderma salvini salvini Dobson, 1878 Dobson, 1878	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

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.

Dobson, & George Edward. (1878). Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. 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:5XSTY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.