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Geoffroy's Tailless Bat
Anoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838
- Name authority
- Gray, 1838
- Common name
- Geoffroy's Tailless Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Genus
- Anoura
- 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
- subfamilyGlossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845
- tribeChoeronycterini Solmsen, 1998
- subtribeAnourina Baker, Solari, Cirranello & Simmons, 2016
- genusAnoura Gray, 1838
- speciesAnoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Anoura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Handley's Tailless BatAnoura cultrata Handley, 1960 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tailed Tailless BatAnoura caudifer (E. Geoffroy, 1818) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tube-lipped Nectar BatAnoura fistulata Muchhala, Mena & Albuja, 2005 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tschudi's Tailless BatAnoura peruana (Tschudi, 1844) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian Tailless BatAnoura javieri Pacheco, Sánchez-Vendizú & Solari, 2018 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-toothed Tailless BatAnoura latidens Handley, 1984 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cadena's Tailless BatAnoura cadenai Mantilla-Meluk & Baker, 2006 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Luis Manuel's Tailless BatAnoura luismanueli Molinari, 1994 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecuadorian Tailless BatAnoura aequatoris (Lönnberg, 1921) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631805 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:679TK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.