Peropteryx kappleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Emballonuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Emballonuroidea

Familia: Emballonuridae
Subfamilia: Emballonurinae
Genus: Peropteryx
Species: Peropteryx kappleri
Subspecies (2): P. k. kappleri – P. k. intermedia

Name

• Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867: 473

Holotype: ZMB 3348, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull extracted (probably lost), collected by Kappler, between 1836–1842.

Type locality: “Surinam [=Suriname]”.

Distribution

• Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela. (IUCN 2008)

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1867. Über die zu denGattungen Mimon und Saccopteryx gehörigen Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 469–481. BHL
• Bernardi, L.F. de O., Prous, X., Ribeiro, M.S., Mascarenhas, J., Genelhú, S.M.C., Simões, M.H. & Bezerra, T. 2019. First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae). Subterranean Biology, 30: 33–40. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.30.34223 Reference page. 

Links

• Peropteryx kappleri in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Dávalos, L., Molinari, J., Miller, J. & Rodriguez, B. 2008. IUCN: Peropteryx kappleri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T16707A6306854. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16707A6306854.en

Vernacular names

English: Greater Dog-like Bat