Amorphochilus schnablii

W. C. H. Peters, 1877

Smoky Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Furipteridae
Genus : Amorphochilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1877. Über eine neue Gattung von Flederthieren, Amorphochilus, aus Peru und über eine neue Crocidura aus Liberia. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877:184-188.

Original name as described

Amorphochilus Schnablii

Other common names

Schnabl's Smoky Bat

Type locality

"Tumbez im nördlichen Peru, an der Grenze von Ecuador." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Tumbes, departamento Tumbes, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru · Chile

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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