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--> GENUS Nyctinomops
SPECIES Nyctinomops laticaudatus
Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1805. | Citation: | Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 6: 156. | Common Name: | Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Paraguay, Asunción. | Distribution: | Tamaulipas and Jalisco (Mexico) to Venezuela and the Guianas, NW Peru, Bolivia, N Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil; Trinidad; Cuba. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes yucatanicus, europs, and gracilis; see Silva-Taboada and Koopman (1964), Freeman (1981), and Avila-Flores et al. (2002). Includes espiritosantensis, see Zortéa and Taddei (1995) and Avila-Flores et al. (2002). Note that the correct spelling for the specific epithet in combination with Nyctinomops is laticaudatus (not laticaudata) because the generic name is masculine. Reviewed by Avila-Flores et al. (2002). |
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