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Thyroptera discifera

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA CHIROPTERA THYROPTERIDAE

Scientific Name: Thyroptera discifera
Species Authority: (Lichtenstein & Peters, 1855)
Common Name/s:
English – Peter's Disk-winged Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Aguirre, L., Mantilla, H., Miller, B. & Dávalos, L.
Reviewer/s: Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, and although naturally rare throughout its range it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category. Depends on areas with sources of water and is thus a sensitive species.
History:
1996 – Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species occurs in Nicaragua; Panama and Colombia to Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (Simmons 2005). New record for the Atlantic Forest that extends the range (Gregorin et al. in press). Also a new record for the Cerrado in gallery forest (Bezerra et al. 2005). Found in Costa Risca (Tschapka et al. 2000)
Countries:
Native:
Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population: It is rare but widespread (Emmons and Feer, 1997; Reid, 1997).
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This bat is poorly known. It is found in evergreen forest and banana plantations. In Venezuela, 2 groups of 7 and 10 were caught by hand from under dead banana leaves; a specimen from Guyana was found under an “eate” palm leaf. It is seldom caught in mist nets. It feeds on insects (Reid, 1997; Wilson, 1978).
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No major threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Found in protected areas.
Citation: Aguirre, L., Mantilla, H., Miller, B. & Dávalos, L. 2008. Thyroptera discifera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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