Greenhall's dog-faced bat

Greenhall's dog-faced bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Cynomops
Species: C. greenhalli
Binomial name
Cynomops greenhalli
(Goodwin, 1958)
Synonyms

Molossops greenhalli

Greenhall's dog-faced bat (Cynomops greenhalli) is a South American bat species of the family Molossidae.[2] It is found in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, northeastern Brazil and Trinidad.[1]

It is an insect-eating bat, 40–97 mm in length. Yellowish brown to black above, grey underneath, it is broad-faced with widely separated eyes. Its ears are short and rounded; the antitragus is square; its lips are not wrinkled; it has a broad snout. Mostly it is found at low elevations. Colonies of 50–77 roost in hollow branches of large trees. Males and females stay together throughout the year. Named after Arthur Greenhall, a scientist who was in charge of the rabies program at the Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

References

  1. 1 2 Sampaio, E.; Lim, B. & Peters, S. (2008). "Cynomops greenhalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 436437. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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