Elisabeth's Yellow-eared Bat

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Vampyressa elisabethae, also known Elisabeth's yellow-eared bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to northern Panama, in the province of Bocas del Toro. It is named after Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko. The species has not been observed after the 1970s and may currently be extinct.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Vampyressa elisabethae Tavares, Gardner, Ramírez-Chaves & Velazco, 2014

Name authority

Tavares, Gardner, Ramírez-Chaves & Velazco, 2014

Common name

Elisabeth's Yellow-eared Bat

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Phyllostomidae

Genus

Vampyressa

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.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
11. orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
12. suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
13. superfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821
14. familyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825
15. subfamilyStenodermatinae Gervais, 1856
16. tribeStenodermatini Gervais, 1856
17. subtribeVampyressina Baker, Solari, Cirranello & Simmons, 2016
18. genusVampyressa Thomas, 1900
19. speciesVampyressa elisabethae Tavares, Gardner, Ramírez-Chaves & Velazco, 2014

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 183 records assigned to Phyllostomidae.

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.

1. Tavares, Valéria da C., Alfred L. Gardner, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves, and Paúl M. Velazco. (2014). Systematics of Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of Vampyressa. American Museum Novitates, No. 3813. 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:7FDSM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.