Cormura brevirostris

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Emballonuroidea
Familia: Emballonuridae
Subfamilia: Emballonurinae
Genus: Cormura
Species: Cormura brevirostris

Name

Cormura brevirostris Wagner, 1843

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Negro, Marabitanas.

Synonyms

* pullus Miller, 1906

References

* Wagner. 1843. Arch. Naturgesch., ser. 9, 1: 367.
* Conservation status: IUCN link: Cormura brevirostris (Least Concern)

Distribution

* Nicaragua south to Peru
* Central Brazil

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Vernacular names
English: Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

The Chestnut Sac-winged Bat or Wagner's Sac-winged Bat (Cormura brevirostris) is a species of sac-winged bat (family Emballonuridae). It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is monotypic within its genus, Cormura.

References

* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Cormura brevirostris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.