Puneet Varma (Editor)

Trinidad dog like bat

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Emballonuridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Chiroptera

Subfamily
  
Emballonurinae

Trinidad dog-like bat

Similar
  
Frosted sac‑winged bat, Lesser ghost bat, Antioquian sac‑winged bat, Amazonian sac‑winged bat, White‑winged dog‑like bat

The Trinidad dog-like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis) is a species of bat from the family Emballonuridae. It is native to Aruba, French Guinea, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. The bat is considered to be rare everywhere in its geographic range, although this may be untrue, as the Trinidad dog-like bat was previously confused with the lesser dog-like bat. It is an aerial insectivore that roosts in hollow trees, hollow rotten logs on the ground, under overhanging banks, and caves in the Llanos of Venezuela.

The Trinidad dog-like bat has two subspecies: Peropteryx trinitatis trinitatis and Peropteryx trinitatis phaea.

References

Trinidad dog-like bat Wikipedia