Cynomops greenhalli

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	MOLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cynomops greenhalli

Species Authority:

(Goodwin, 1958)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Greenhall's Dog-faced Bat

Synonym/s:

Molossops greenhalli (Goodwin, 1958)

Taxonomic Notes:

Some put Cynomops in the genus Molossops, however, it is now recognized as Cynomops (Peters et al. 2002). Cynomps mexicanus was removed from greenhalli.

Assessment Information [top]

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 because it is widely distributed and unlikely to be declining fast enough to be listed

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in Central and South America. This bat is distributed through Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guianas, Surinam, and northestern Brazil, and Trinidad (Simmons 2005). This species appears to occupy the northern portions of the range of South America, and is replaced by C. abrasus farther south (Eisenberg 1989). Lowlands to 1,500 m.
Countries:	Native: Brazil; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	This bat is indistinguishable in the field from C. paranus. Aerial insective, appears to be rare but may be a relict of sampling bias.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs at low elevations in association with multistratal tropical forest in Venezuela (Handley 1976); present in deciduous and evergreen forest and clearings, often near water (Reid 1997). It has been found roosting in small groups (Reid 1997) or in colonies of fifty to seventy-five (Goodwin and Greenhall 1961) in hollow branches and buildings (Reid 1997). Activity begins soon after sunset; most records are from individuals caught in mist nets set over streams or ponds (Gardner et al. 1970; Valdez and LaVal 1971).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

It occurs at low elevations in association with multistratal tropical forest in Venezuela (Handley 1976); present in deciduous and evergreen forest and clearings, often near water (Reid 1997). It has been found roosting in small groups (Reid 1997) or in colonies of fifty to seventy-five (Goodwin and Greenhall 1961) in hollow branches and buildings (Reid 1997). Activity begins soon after sunset; most records are from individuals caught in mist nets set over streams or ponds (Gardner et al. 1970; Valdez and LaVal 1971).

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Avoid loss of forest habitats.

Conservation Actions:

Avoid loss of forest habitats.

Bibliography [top]

	Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Northern Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA and London, UK. Gardner, A. L., La Val, R. K. and Wilson, D. E. 1970. The distributional status of some Costa Rican bats. Journal of Mammalogy 51: 712–729. Goodwin, G. G. and Greenhal, A. M. 1961. A review of the bats of Trinidad and Tobago. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 122(3): 187-302. Handley Jr., C. O. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 20: 1-91. Peters S. L., Lim B. K. and Engstrom M. D. 2002. Systematics of dog-faced bats (Cynomops) based on molecular and morphometric data. Journal of Mammalogy 83(4): 1097–1110. Reid, F. 1997. A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA. Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA. Valdez, R. and LaVal, R. K. 1971. Records of Bats from Honduras and Nicaragua. Journal of Mammalogy 52: 247-250.

Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Northern Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA and London, UK.

Gardner, A. L., La Val, R. K. and Wilson, D. E. 1970. The distributional status of some Costa Rican bats. Journal of Mammalogy 51: 712–729.

Goodwin, G. G. and Greenhal, A. M. 1961. A review of the bats of Trinidad and Tobago. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 122(3): 187-302.

Handley Jr., C. O. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 20: 1-91.

Peters S. L., Lim B. K. and Engstrom M. D. 2002. Systematics of dog-faced bats (Cynomops) based on molecular and morphometric data. Journal of Mammalogy 83(4): 1097–1110.

Reid, F. 1997. A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Valdez, R. and LaVal, R. K. 1971. Records of Bats from Honduras and Nicaragua. Journal of Mammalogy 52: 247-250.

Citation:	Sampaio, E., Lim, B. & Peters, S. 2008. Cynomops greenhalli. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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