Peropteryx macrotis

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	EMBALLONURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Peropteryx macrotis

Species Authority:

(Wagner, 1843)

Common Name/s:

English

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Lesser Dog-like Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

Does not include trinitatis. Does not include phaea. This complex may include more than one species; see Reid et al. (2000). See Yee (2000), but note that they included trinitatis and phaea in this species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Barquez, R., Lim, B., Rodriguez, B., Miller, B. & Diaz, M.

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.

History:

1996

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Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs from Guerrero and Yucatán (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and south and eastern Brazil (Simmons 2005).
Countries:	Native: Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	Although few data exist concerning demographics of P. macrotis, populations currently are thought to be stable (Wilson 1996). This species occurs abundantly in some localities (Reid 1997), but may be less abundant but widespread in others (Arita 1993, Yee 2000).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	P. macrotis typically occurs in tropical deciduous forest, but individuals have been collected from semi-arid thorn scrub (Willig 1983) and evergreen forests (Handley 1976). Diet of P. macrotis comprises small beetles and flies (Bradbury and Vehrencamp 1976; Emmons and Feer 1990, Yee 2000). Found in urban areas (Diaz com pers). In Mexico it has been recorded in crop-lands and grasslands (de Grammont pers. comm.)
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

P. macrotis typically occurs in tropical deciduous forest, but individuals have been collected from semi-arid thorn scrub (Willig 1983) and evergreen forests (Handley 1976). Diet of P. macrotis comprises small beetles and flies (Bradbury and Vehrencamp 1976; Emmons and Feer 1990, Yee 2000). Found in urban areas (Diaz com pers). In Mexico it has been recorded in crop-lands and grasslands (de Grammont pers. comm.)

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Found in protected areas. In Mexico is listed as subject to special protection under NOM - 059 - SEMARNAT - 2001 (Arroyo-Cabrales pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions:

Found in protected areas. In Mexico is listed as subject to special protection under NOM - 059 - SEMARNAT - 2001 (Arroyo-Cabrales pers. comm.).

Bibliography [top]

	Arita, H. 1993. Rarity in Neotropical bats: correlations with phylogeny, diet, and body mass. Ecological Applications 3: 506–517. Bradbury, J. W. and Vehrencamp, S. L. 1976. Social organization and foraging in emballonurid bats I. Field studies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1: 337-381. Emmons, L. H. and Feer, F. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide, Second edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. Handley Jr., C. O. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 20: 1-91. 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. Willig, M. R. 1983. Composition, microgeographic variation, and sexual dimorphism in Caatingas and Cerrado bat communities from northeastern Brazil. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 23: 1–131. Wilson, D. E. 1996. Neotropical bats: a checklist with conservation status. In: A. C. Gibson (ed.), Neotropical biodiversity and conservation, pp. 167–178. Occasional Publication Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, Los Angeles, California, USA. Yee, Donald, A. 2000. Peropteryx macrotis. Mammalian Species 643: 1–4.

Arita, H. 1993. Rarity in Neotropical bats: correlations with phylogeny, diet, and body mass. Ecological Applications 3: 506–517.

Bradbury, J. W. and Vehrencamp, S. L. 1976. Social organization and foraging in emballonurid bats I. Field studies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1: 337-381.

Emmons, L. H. and Feer, F. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide, Second edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA.

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

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.

Willig, M. R. 1983. Composition, microgeographic variation, and sexual dimorphism in Caatingas and Cerrado bat communities from northeastern Brazil. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 23: 1–131.

Wilson, D. E. 1996. Neotropical bats: a checklist with conservation status. In: A. C. Gibson (ed.), Neotropical biodiversity and conservation, pp. 167–178. Occasional Publication Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Yee, Donald, A. 2000. Peropteryx macrotis. Mammalian Species 643: 1–4.

Citation:	Barquez, R., Lim, B., Rodriguez, B., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2008. Peropteryx macrotis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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