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--> GENUS Peropteryx
--> SUBGENUS Peropteryx
SPECIES Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis
Author: | Wagner, 1843. | Citation: | Arch. Naturgesch., ser. 9, 1: 367. | Common Name: | Lesser Dog-like Bat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Mato Grosso. | Distribution: | Guerrero and Yucatán (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and S and E Brazil. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Peropteryx. Does not include trinitatis; see Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990) and Simmons and Voss (1998). Does not include phaea; see Genoways et al. (1998). This complex may include more than one species; see Reid et al. (2000). See Yee (2000), but note that they included trinitatis and phaea in this species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
brunnea Gervais, 1855 caninus Schinz, 1821
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