Peropteryx
| Peropteryx | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Emballonuridae |
| Genus: | Peropteryx Peters, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio caninus Wied-Newied, 1821 | |
| Species | |
|
Peropteryx kappleri | |
Peropteryx is a genus of 5 species of bat in the family Emballonuridae,[1] namely:
- Greater dog-like bat (Peropteryx kappleri)
- White-winged dog-like bat (Peropteryx leucoptera)
- Lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis)
- Pale-winged dog-like bat (Peropteryx pallidoptera) [2]
- Trinidad dog-like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis)
References
- ↑ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 28 September 2009
- ↑ http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/691.1
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