Vampyressa bidens

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	PHYLLOSTOMIDAE

Scientific Name:

Vampyressa bidens

Species Authority:

(Dobson, 1878)

Common Name/s:

English

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Bedentate Yellow-eared Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

Formerly placed in its own genus (Vampyriscus); see Jones and Carter (1976).

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Sampaio, E., Lim, B. & Peters, S.
Reviewer/s:	Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Range Description:	This species is found in the Amazonian region, from Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas, to Peru, northern Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil (Koopman, 1993). In Venezuela, occurs in lowlands, moistly below 500 m elevation (Handley, 1976).
Countries:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
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Population:	May be locally common (Tavares pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	In Venezuela, it is strongly associated with moist habitats and multistratal evergreen forest (Handley, 1976). This species is largely frugivorous preferring figs. Reproduction is seasonally timed by the onset of rain (Gardner, 1977; Wilson, 1979).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation although this is not a major threat.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation although this is not a major threat.

Conservation Actions:	Reduction of habitat loss.

Conservation Actions:

Reduction of habitat loss.

Citation:	Sampaio, E., Lim, B. & Peters, S. 2008. Vampyressa bidens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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