Authority citation: Miller, G.S., Jr. 1899-10-20. Descriptions of three new free-tailed bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(12):173-181.
Authority publication link: https://hdl.handle.net/2246/776
Original name as described: Peropteryx trinitatis
Nominal names: trinitatis G. S. Miller, 1899 | phaea G. M. Allen, 1911
Other common names: Trinidadian Dog-like Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Emballonuridae -- Subfamily: Emballonurinae -- Tribe: Diclidurini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: AMNH MS-7496
Type locality: "Port of Spain, Trinidad."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Venezuela (VEN) | Aruba (ABW) | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Grenada (GRD) | Guyana (GUY) | Suriname (SUR) | French Guiana (GUF) | Brazil (BRA)
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:
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