Peropteryx
Appearance
Peropteryx | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | Peropteryx Peters, 1867
|
Type species | |
Vespertilio caninus Wied-Newied, 1821
| |
Species | |
Peropteryx kappleri |
Peropteryx is a genus of 5 species of bat in the family Emballonuridae,[1] namely:
- Greater dog-like bat (Peropteryx kappleri)
- White-winged dog-like bat (Peropteryx leucoptera)
- Lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis)
- Pale-winged dog-like bat (Peropteryx pallidoptera) [2]
- Trinidad dog-like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis)
References
- ^ 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 28 September 2009
- ^ http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/691.1