Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Spix's disc-winged bat FAMILY - Thropteridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Thyroptera tricolor albiventer REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3 and 6 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 4 - Comments on Status 4* apparently patchy in huge range District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Permanent 5 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 General Distribution Comments 2* South Stann Creek, 15 mi. W All Pines. 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. 1:181 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.83 5 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226. 6 Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics (in) Handbook of Zoology. W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p.46.
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