Saccopteryx leptura
(von Schreber, 1774)
Lesser Sac-winged Bat

Distribution :
Chiapas and Tabasco (Mexico) to SE Brazil, Peru, and N Bolivia; Guianas; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad and Tobago
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 350
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Emballonuroidea |
| Family | : Emballonuridae |
| Subfamily | : Emballonurinae |
| Tribe | : Diclidurini |
| Genus | : Saccopteryx |
Species status
Authority citation
Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. pl. 57. P. pl. 57 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060112Original name as described
Vespertilio lepturus
Other common names
Brown White-lined Bat · Lesser White-lined Bat
Type locality
"Surinam [= Suriname]."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 8 names and synonyms.
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