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Pages in category "Bats of South America" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 259 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Common name Scientific name and subspecies ... Cinnamon dog-faced bat. C. abrasus Temminck, 1827: South America: Size: 7–9 cm ... South America, Central America ...
Pacific sheath-tailed bat ... Common name Scientific name and subspecies ... Central America, and northern South America: Size: 4–6 cm (2 in), plus 1–4 cm ...
Southern South America: Size: 5–7 cm (2–3 in), plus 4–7 cm (2–3 in) tail 4–6 cm (2 in) arm/wing length [32] Habitat: Caves [84] LC Unknown [84] Humboldt big-eared brown bat. H. humboldti Handley, 1996: Northern South America: Size: 5–6 cm (2 in), plus 4–6 cm (2 in) tail 4–5 cm (2 in) arm/wing length [63] Habitat: Forest [85] DD ...
South-western free-tailed bat (Mormopterus kitcheneri) [108] Loria's mastiff bat (Mormopterus loriae) ... List of bats by location List of bats of Australia;
South America's considerable cervid diversity belies their relatively recent arrival. The presence of camelids in South America but not North America today is ironic, given that they have a 45-million-year-long history in the latter continent (where they originated), and only a 3-million-year history in the former. Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
Western mastiff bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat Pale spear-nosed bat. The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. Family: Noctilionidae. Genus: Noctilio. Lesser bulldog bat, Noctilio albiventris LR/lc
Two new species described from western South America. L. pattoni is known only from the type locality in the Amazon lowlands of southeastern Peru. L. cadenai was found only on the central Pacific coastal plain, Valle del Cauca, southwestern Colombia. [8]