NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Baker's Tent-making Bat
Uroderma bakeri Mantilla-Meluk, 2014
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
- Uroderma bakeri Mantilla-Meluk, 2014
- Name authority
- Mantilla-Meluk, 2014
- Common name
- Baker's Tent-making Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Genus
- Uroderma
- 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
- genusUroderma Peters, 1866
- speciesUroderma bakeri Mantilla-Meluk, 2014
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Uroderma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Common Tent-making BatUroderma bilobatum Peters, 1866 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific Tent-making BatUroderma convexum Lyon, 1902 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Davis's Tent-making BatUroderma davisi Baker & McDaniel, 1972 | 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.
- Mantilla-Meluk, & Hugo. (2014). Defining species and species boundaries in Uroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a description of a new species. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University, No. 325. 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:7DT96. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.