Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 395 426 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum Peters 1882 Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum Peters 1882 , Sitzb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 45: 989 . Type Locality: Peru , Loreto , Pebas. Vernacular Names: Visored Bat . Distribution: Colombia to Venezuela , Peru , and Bolivia ; Amazonian Brazil . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: See Emmons (1997) for distribution map.