Chiroderma
| Chiroderma | |
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| Chiroderma salvini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenodermatinae |
| Genus: | Chiroderma Peters, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Chiroderma villosum Peters, 1860
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| Species | |
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Chiroderma doriae | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chiroderma – big-eyed bats or white-lined bats – is a genus of leaf-nosed bat found in Central America, South America and the Lesser Antilles.[1]
Species
The following species are recognized as of 2005[update]:[1]
- Brazilian big-eyed bat, Chiroderma doriae Thomas, 1891
- Guadeloupe big-eyed bat, Chiroderma improvisum Baker & Genoways, 1976
- Salvin's big-eyed bat, Chiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878
- Little big-eyed bat, Chiroderma trinitatum Goodwin, 1958
- Hairy big-eyed bat, Chiroderma villosum Peters, 1860
References
- ^ a b c Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 13 September 2009
Further reading
- Baker, Robert J.; Taddei, Valdir A.; Hudgeons, Jeremy L.; Van Den Bussche, Ronald A. (1994). "Systematic Relationships Within Chiroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) Based on Cytochrome b Sequence Variation". Journal of Mammalogy. 75 (2): 321–327. doi:10.2307/1382550. JSTOR 1382550.
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