Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Lesser Dog-like Bat FAMILY - Emballonuridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Peropteryx macrotis macrotis SYNONYMS - Emballonura macrotis Wagner 1843 REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3 and 5 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 4 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 4 - Comments on Status 4* may be restricted by roosting sites District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 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. 1:81-82 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 Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics in Handbook of Zoology. W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p. 47.
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