Ecuadorian sac-winged bat

Ecuadorian sac-winged bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Balantiopteryx
Species: B. infusca
Binomial name
Balantiopteryx infusca
(Thomas, 1897)
Ecuadorian sac-winged bat range

The Ecuadorian sac-winged bat (Balantiopteryx infusca) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[2][3] According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the population trend is decreasing for this species, due to habitat destruction through deforestation.[4] In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[5]

Taxonomy

Balantiopteryx infusca is the sister species of Balantiopteryx io.[6]

There are no subspecies.[7]

Appearance

It is larger than Balantiopteryx io, and smaller than Balantiopteryx plicata. [8] It lacks the white trim of Balantiopteryx plicata, and is darker in color.[9]

Habitat/Behavior

It is found in the mouth of caves, abandoned mines, and cracks in rock.[10] It prefers to live where there is plenty of light.[11] These bats are sociable and live in colonies; they are also insectivorous.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Tirira, D. (2015). "Balantiopteryx infusca". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T2531A97206692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2531A22029804.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996.
  3. ↑ Simmons 2005, p. 314.
  4. ↑ Dávalos et al. 2008.
  5. ↑ "Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). batcon.org. Bat Conservation International. August 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ Gardner 2008, p. 194.
  7. ↑ Gardner 2008, p. 194.
  8. ↑ Arroyo-Cabrales and Jones 1988, p. 2.
  9. ↑ Arroyo-Cabrales and Jones 1988, p. 2.
  10. ↑ Gardner 2008, p. 194.
  11. ↑ Dávalos et al. 2008.
  12. ↑ Nowak 1994, p. 96.

References

  • Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin, and J. Knox Jones, Jr. "Balantiopteryx io and infusca." Mammalian Species 313 (1988): 1-3. <http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-313-01-0001.pdf>.
  • Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Balantiopteryx infusca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Dávalos, L. Burneo, S. & Lim, B. 2008. "Balantiopteryx infusca." In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Accessed 21 Nov. 2012. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2531/0>.
  • Gardner, Alfred L. Mammals of South America. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2008. Print.
  • Nowak, Ronald M. Walker's Bats of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1994. Print.
  • 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. 314. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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