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--> SUBFAMILY Phyllostominae
--> GENUS Vampyrum
SPECIES Vampyrum spectrum
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 31. | Common Name: | Spectral Bat | Type Locality: | Surinam. | Distribution: | Veracruz (Mexico) to Ecuador and Peru, Bolivia, N and SW Brazil, and Guianas; Trinidad; perhaps Jamaica. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | See Navarro and Wilson (1982). See Emmons (1997) for distribution map. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
guianensis Lacépède, 1789 maximus E. Geoffroy, 1806 nasutus Shaw, 1800 nelsoni Goldman, 1917
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