Peropteryx

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: Peropteryx
Subgenera: P. (Peronymus) - P. (Peropteryx)

Name

Peropteryx Peters, 1867

Type Species: Vespertilio caninus Wied-Neuwied, 1821

References

* Peters. 1867. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1867: 472.

Vernacular names
English: Dog-like Bats.

Peropteryx is a genus of 5 species of bat in the family Emballonuridae,[1] namely:

Greater Dog-like Bat (Peropteryx kappleri)
White-winged Dog-like Bat (Peropteryx leucoptera)
Lesser Dog-like Bat (Peropteryx macrotis)
Pale-winged Dog-like Bat (Peropteryx pallidoptera) [2]
Trinidad Dog-like Bat (Peropteryx trinitatis)

References

^ 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, retrieved 28 September 2009
^ http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/691.1