Salvin's big-eyed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Chiroderma |
Species: | C. salvini |
Binomial name | |
Chiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878 | |
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