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SPECIES Diaemus youngi

Author:Jentink, 1893.
Citation:Notes Leyden Mus., 15: 282.
Common Name:White-winged Vampire Bat
Type Locality:Guyana, Berbice River, upper Canje Creek.
Distribution:Tamaulipas (Mexico) south to N Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and E Brazil; Trinidad; Margarita Isl (Venezuela).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:See Greenhall and Schutt (1996). Sometimes spelled youngii, but youngi is the original spelling.
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    cypselinus Thomas, 1928

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