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Species of bat

Shaggy bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Centronycteris
Species: C. maximiliani
Binomial name
Centronycteris maximiliani
J. Fischer, 1829
Shaggy bat range

The shaggy bat (Centronycteris maximiliani) is a bat species from northern South America. It appears to be a slow flier and has a rather regular pattern of foraging in its home range, a feature shared with other emballonurids. It is an aerial insectivore.

References

  1. Sampaio, E.; Lim, B.; Peters, S. (2016). "Centronycteris maximiliani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4112A22002444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4112A22002444.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Eisenberg, John Frederick. (1992). Mammals of the neotropics: The northern neotropics. Univ. of Chicago Pr. ISBN 0226195406. OCLC 28364000.
Extant species of family Emballonuridae
Balantiopteryx
Centronycteris
Coleura
Cormura
Cyttarops
Diclidurus
(Ghost bats)
Emballonura
Mosia
Peropteryx
Rhynchonycteris
Saccolaimus
Saccopteryx
Taphozous
Taxon identifiers
Centronycteris maximiliani


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