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Peropteryx kappleri W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Greater Dog-like Bat

Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Über die zu den Gattungen Mimon und Saccopteryx gehörigen Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:469-481.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510744

Original name as described: Peropteryx Kappleri

Nominal names: kappleri W. C. H. Peters, 1867 | intermedia Sanborn, 1951


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Emballonuridae -- Subfamily: Emballonurinae -- Tribe: Diclidurini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 3348

Type locality: "Surinam [= Suriname]."

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Mexico (MEX) | Belize (BLZ) | Guatemala (GTM) | El Salvador (SLV) | Honduras (HND) | Nicaragua (NIC) | Costa Rica (CRI) | Panama (PAN) | Colombia (COL) | Venezuela (VEN) | Guyana (GUY) | Suriname (SUR) | French Guiana (GUF) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER) | Brazil (BRA) | Bolivia (BOL)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004787

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