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Parnell's Common Mustached Bat
Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Bats

Parnell's Common Mustached Bat

Pteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishParnell's Common Mustached Bat
DutchGesnorde Kaalrugvleermuis
SpanishMurciélago-bigotudo de Parnell
Chinese红斑裸背蝠
Scientific namePteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843)

About this species

Parnell's mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii) is an insectivorous bat native to the Americas. It ranges from southern Sonora, Mexico, south to Brazil. It has a wider historical range; fossil specimens have been collected on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas.

The bat was named for the British zoologist Richard Parnell.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderChiroptera
FamilyMormoopidae
GenusPteronotus

In Suriname

279Records in Suriname
1996First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini206
  • Brokopondo42

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

Records by month

All years combined.

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