Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Greater Dog-like Bat

  FAMILY -               Emballonuridae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Peropteryx kappleri kappleri

  REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3 and 6

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places     4
  Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat.          4
  

   - Comments on Status

  4* widespread by may be restricted by roosting sites

  District                                                     Reference

  Toledo                                                               2
                                                                        
  

  

                                                                               
  

  

                                        
  

  

                         
  

  

                                                
  

  

                                                
  

  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
  
  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.47-48.
  
  5  Cartwright, A. M. 1977.  Patterns of Neotropical Chiroptera Reproduction
     Including Histological and Ecological Aspects of Bats Collected In
     Belize.  Dissertation for Doctor of Education. Ball State University.
     Muncie, Indiana.
  
  6  Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics in Handbook of Zoology.
     W. de Gruyter. Berlin. p.47.