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Trinidad dog-like bat
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P. trinitatis
Binomial name
Peropteryx trinitatis
Miller, 1899
Subspecies

P.t. trinitatis
P.t. phaea

The Trinidad dog-Like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis) is a species of bat from the family Emballonuridae. It is native to Aruba, French Guinea, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[1] The bat is considered to be rare everywhere in its geographic range, although this may be untrue, as the Trinidad Dog-like Bat was previously confused with the Lesser Dog-like Bat.[1] It is an aerial insectivore that roosts in hollow trees, hollow rotten logs on the ground, under overhanging banks, and caves in the Llanos of Venezuela.[1]

The Trinidad Dog-like Bat has two subspecies: Peropteryx trinitatis trinitatis and Peropteryx trinitatis phaea.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Template:IUCN2012.2
  2. ^ "Peropteryx (peropteryx) trinitatis". Wilson & Reader's Mammal Species of the World (Third Edition). Retrieved 25 November 2012.