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Peropteryx

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Peropteryx
Peropteryx kappleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Peropteryx
Peters, 1867
Type species
Vespertilio caninus
Species

Peropteryx kappleri
Peropteryx leucoptera
Peropteryx macrotis
Peropteryx pallidoptera
Peropteryx trinitatis

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

namely:

References

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  1. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), 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
  2. ^ Lim, Burton K.; Engstrom, Mark D.; Reid, Fiona A.; Simmons, Nancy B.; Voss, Robert S.; Fleck, David W. (2010). "A New Species of Peropteryx (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Western Amazonia with Comments on Phylogenetic Relationships within the Genus" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3686): 1–20. doi:10.1206/691.1. hdl:2246/6070. S2CID 53674551.