Ecuadorian sac-winged bat

Ecuadorian sac-winged bat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Balantiopteryx
Species:	B. infusca
Binomial name
Balantiopteryx infusca (Thomas, 1897)
Ecuadorian sac-winged bat range

The Ecuadorian sac-winged bat (Balantiopteryx infusca) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.^[1][2] According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the population trend is decreasing for this species, due to habitat destruction through deforestation.^[3]

Taxonomy

Balantiopteryx infusca is the sister species of Balantiopteryx io.^[4]

There are no subspecies.^[5]

Appearance

It is larger than Balantiopteryx io, and smaller than Balantiopteryx plicata. ^[6] It lacks the white trim of Balantiopteryx plicata, and is darker in color.^[7]

Habitat/Behavior

It is found in the mouth of caves, abandoned mines, and cracks in rock.^[8] It prefers to live where there is plenty of light.^[9] These bats are sociable and live in colonies; they are also insectivorous.^[10]

Notes

1. Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996.
2. Simmons 2005, p. 314.
3. Dávalos et al. 2008.
4. Gardner 2008, p. 194.
5. Gardner 2008, p. 194.
6. Arroyo-Cabrales and Jones 1988, p. 2.
7. Arroyo-Cabrales and Jones 1988, p. 2.
8. Gardner 2008, p. 194.
9. Dávalos et al. 2008.
10. Nowak 1994, p. 96.

References

• Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin, and J. Knox Jones, Jr. "Balantiopteryx io and infusca." Mammalian Species 313 (1988): 1-3. <http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-313-01-0001.pdf>.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Balantiopteryx infusca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Dávalos, L. Burneo, S. & Lim, B. 2008. "Balantiopteryx infusca." In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Accessed 21 Nov. 2012. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2531/0>.
• Gardner, Alfred L. Mammals of South America. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2008. Print.
• Nowak, Ronald M. Walker's Bats of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1994. Print.
• Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.