Peropteryx trinitatis

G. S. Miller, 1899

Trinidad Dog-like Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Emballonuridae
Subfamily : Emballonurinae
Tribe : Diclidurini
Genus : Peropteryx
Subgenus : Peropteryx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1899-10-20. Descriptions of three new free-tailed bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(12):173-181.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/776

Original name as described

Peropteryx trinitatis

Other common names

Trinidadian Dog-like Bat

Type material

AMNH MS-7496

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Port of Spain, Trinidad."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Aruba · Trinidad and Tobago · Grenada · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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