- Davy's Naked-backed Bat
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Davy's Naked-backed Bat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Mormoopidae Genus: Pteronotus Species: P. davyi Binomial name Pteronotus davyi
Gray, 1838Subspecies[2] P. d. davyi
P. d. fulvus
P. d. incaeDavy's Naked-backed Bat, Pteronotus davyi, is a small insect-eating, cave-dwelling bat and is found throughout South and Central America, including Trinidad, but not Tobago. Its wings are attached to the top of its body instead of to the sides, as in all other bat species. Specimens of this bat have been found infected with rabies in Trinidad.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). "Pteronotus davyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/18705. Retrieved 09 June 2008.
- ^ Mammal Species of the World - Browse: davyi
- ^ Greenhall, Arthur M. 1961. Bats in Agriculture. A Ministry of Agriculture Publication. Trinidad and Tobago.
External links
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Bats of South America
- Mammals of Costa Rica
- Pteronotus
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