Southern dog-faced bat

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Southern dog-faced bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Cynomops
Species:
C. planirostris
Binomial name
Cynomops planirostris
Peters, 1866
Cynomops planirostris map.svg
Synonyms
  • Molossus planirostris
  • Molossops planirostris

The southern dog-faced bat (Cynomops planirostris), is a bat species of the family Molossidae. [2] [3] It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2015). "Cynomops planirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13642A22108538. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13642A22108538.en .
  2. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 437. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  3. "Molossops planirostris - Southern dog-faced bat -- Discover Life".