Anoura caudifer (E. Geoffroy 1818) [Glossophaga] caudifer E. Geoffroy 1818, Mem. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 4: 418. Type Locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Vernacular Names: Tailed Tailless Bat. Synonyms: Anoura aequatoris Lönnberg 1921; Anoura ecaudata Geoffroy 1818; Anoura wiedii Peters 1869. Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, NW Argentina. Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Anoura caudifera. Discussion: Some specimens previously referred to caudifer may represent luismanueli; see Molinari (1994); also see Cadena et al. (1998). Often spelled " caudifera " (see Handley, 1984), but the correct spelling is caudifer according to Article 31.2.2 of the Code of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, pp. 395-426 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 398, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519