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Spix's disk-winged bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Thyropteridae
Species : Thyroptera tricolor
The Spix's disk-winged bat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Spix
A young / baby of a Spix is called a 'pup'. A Spix group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Countries
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela
Facts about the Spix's disk-winged bat
ITIS TNS Google MSN Thyroptera tricolor is one of two species in the family Thyropteridae, more commonly known as the Disc-winged Bats or New World Sucker-footed Bats. (Full text)
It is interesting to note that a remarkably similar bat, the New World sucker-footed bat (Thyroptera tricolor) is found in Central and South America. (Full text)