Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium (E. Geoffroy 1810)

[Phyllostoma] lilium E. Geoffroy 1810, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 181.

Type Locality: Paraguay, Asunción (restricted by Cabrera [1958]).

Vernacular Names: Little Yellow-shouldered Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. lilium E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. angeli de la Torre 1966

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. luciae Jones and Phillips 1976

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. parvidens Goldman 1917

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. paulsoni de la Torre 1966

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. serotinus Genoways 1998

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. vulcanensis Genoways 1998

Subspecies Sturnira (Sturnira) lilium subsp. zygomaticus Jones and Phillips 1976

Distribution: Lesser Antilles; Sonora and Tamaulipas (Mexico) south to Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina, Uruguay, and E Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago; Grenada; perhaps Jamaica.

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

Discussion: Subgenus Sturnira . Includes angeli and paulsoni; see Jones and Phillips (1976). Reviewed in part by Jones and Phillips (1976), Genoways (1998), and Timm and Genoways (2003); also see Jones (1989) and Gannon et al. (1989). Phylogeography discussed by Ditchfield (2000).