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Lesser Dog-like Bat
Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Bats

Lesser Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx macrotis (Wagner, 1843)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishLesser Dog-like Bat
DutchKokerstaart vleermuis
SpanishMurciélago perro menor
Chinese—
Scientific namePeropteryx macrotis (Wagner, 1843)

About this species

The lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis), also known as Peters' sac-winged bat, is a species of bat from South and Central America. First described in 1826, it was renamed in 1843 because the original scientific name was already in use for another species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderChiroptera
FamilyEmballonuridae
GenusPeropteryx

In Suriname

12Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1967First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini9
  • Wanica1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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