Balantiopteryx plicata
W. C. H. Peters, 1867
Gray Sac-winged Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
Superfamily | : Emballonuroidea |
Family | : Emballonuridae |
Subfamily | : Emballonurinae |
Tribe | : Diclidurini |
Genus | : Balantiopteryx |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Über die zu den Gattungen Mimon und Saccopteryx gehörigen Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:469-481.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510747Original name as described
Balantiopteryx plicata
Other common names
Peters's Sac-winged Bat
Type material
ZMB 3361
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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