Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Thomas' Bat

  FAMILY -               Emballonuridae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Centronycteris centralis

  SYNONYMS - Centronycteris maximiliani centralis

  REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities     4
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize                                                               2
  Cayo                                                                 2
  Corozal                                                              2
  Orange Walk                                                          2
  Stann Creek                                                          2
  Toledo                                                               2
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Gallon Jug                            Collected as voucher                  5
  

  

                                        
  

  

                         
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15'           5
  

  

                                                
  

  General Distribution Comments

  2* Specimen from Double Falls.

  References

  1  McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter
     25 (2-3).
  
  2  Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley &
     Sons. New York. 1:82-83
  
  3  Koopman, Karl F. 1993. Chiroptera. in  Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder,
     eds, Mammalian species of the world, 2nd ed, Smithsonian Institution
     Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 137-241.
  
  4  Emmons, L. H. 1990.  Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide.
     University of Chicago Press.  Chicago and London. p.46-47
  
  5  Miller, B. W. 1997.  Mammal list for Gallon Jug area. Unpubl.
  
  6  Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics. in Handbook of Zoology.
     W. de Gruyter. Berlin. p.46.
  
  7  Simmons, Nancy B., Charles O. Handley. 1998. A Revision of Centronycteris
     (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae).  American Museum Novitates.