Lesser Dog-Like Bat - Peropteryx macrotis
( Wagner, 1843 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
This species typically occurs in tropical deciduous forest, but individuals have been collected from semi-arid thorn scrub (Willig 1983) and evergreen forests (Handley 1976). It is found in urban areas (Diaz pers. comm.). In Mexico it has been recorded in crop-lands and grasslands (de Grammont pers. comm.). The diet comprises small beetles and flies (Bradbury and Vehrencamp 1976, Emmons and Feer 1990, Yee 2000).

Range:
This species occurs from Guerrero and Yucatán (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and south and eastern Brazil (Simmons 2005).

Conservation:
It is found in protected areas. In Mexico is listed as subject to special protection under NOM - 059 - SEMARNAT - 2001 (Arroyo-Cabrales pers. comm.).

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