Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat

Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Chiroderma
Species:	C. improvisum
Binomial name
Chiroderma improvisum Baker & Greenways, 1976

The Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (Chiroderma improvisum) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Guadeloupe and Montserrat. It is threatened by habitat loss mostly because of Hurricane Hugo, which destroyed 90% of the population of this bat in 1989. The species may be locally extinct in some areas of Guadeloupe.

Source

• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Chiroderma improvisum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.