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Diclidurus (Diclidurus) ingens

Ghost Bat

Diclidurus ingens

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: Diclidurus
Subgenus: Diclidurus (Diclidurus)
Species: Diclidurus (Diclidurus) ingens

Name

Diclidurus (Diclidurus) ingens Hernandez-Camacho, 1955

Type locality: Colombia, Caqueta, Rio Putumayo, Puerto Leguizamo.

References

* Hernandez-Camacho, 1955. Caldasia, 7: 87.
* Conservation status: IUCN link: Diclidurus (Diclidurus) ingens (Vulnerable)


Distribution

* Venezuela
* South-East Colombia
* Guyana
* North-West Brazil


Vernacular names
English: Greater Ghost Bat.

The Greater Ghost Bat, Diclidurus ingens, is a bat species from South America. It is found in northwestern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela.[1][2]

References

1. ^ a b Burton Lim, Velazco, P. & Mantilla, H. (2008) Diclidurus ingens In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. www.iucnredlist.org Retrieved on 12 September 2009.
2. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?s=y&id=13800990, retrieved 12 September 2009

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