Amazonian Sac-Winged Bat - Saccopteryx gymnura
( Thomas, 1901 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It is an aerial insectivore. From its morphology, it is probably suited to semi-open forest or gaps within forest. It is a rainforest generalist (Lim pers. comm.). There has been severe deforestation and fragmentation in the southern part of the range, but habitat in other regions where the species is found is better conserved.

Range:
This species is known from Guyana (Lim and Engstrom 2001), Suriname (Lim 2009), French Guiana (Simmons and Voss 1998), and central and eastern Amazon region of Brazil (Fonseca et al. 1996).

Conservation:
One of the sites in Guyana is Iwokrama Forest. There is a need for additional sampling effort using an appropriate methodology. Lack of basic knowledge of this species' biology impedes the evaluation of this species. This species is a candidate species for the Red List of the State of Para in Brazil (Bernard pers. comm.).

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