Sturnira (Sturnira) ludovici Anthony 1924

Sturnira (Sturnira) ludovici Anthony 1924, Am. Mus. Novit., 139: 8.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Pichincha, near Gualea, ca. 4,000 ft (1,333 m).

Vernacular Names: Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) ludovici subsp. ludovici Anthony 1924

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) ludovici subsp. hondurensis Goodwin 1940

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) ludovici subsp. occidentalis Jones and Phillips 1964

Distribution: Ecuador and Guyana north to Sonora and Tamaulipas (Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sturnira . Includes hondurensis; see Jones and Carter (1976). Bolivian records probably pertain to oporaphilum; Peruvian ones definitely do; see Anderson et al. (1982) and Pacheco and Patterson (1992).