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Trinidad dog-like bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Peropteryx
Species:	P. trinitatis
Binomial name
Peropteryx trinitatis Miller, 1899
Subspecies
P.t. trinitatis P.t. phaea
Trinidad dog-like bat range as of 2011

The Trinidad dog-like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis) is a species of bat from the family Emballonuridae. It is native to Aruba, French Guiana, 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.

See also

• Lesser dog-like bat

References

1. ^ Sampaio, E.; Lim, B.; Peters, S. (2016). "Peropteryx trinitatis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136790A22035534. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136790A22035534.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. 390. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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