Shaggy bat

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Shaggy bat
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Centronycteris
Species:
C. maximiliani
Binomial name
Centronycteris maximiliani
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Shaggy bat range

The shaggy bat (Centronycteris maximiliani) is a bat species from 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 also aerial insectivore.[2]

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.


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