Chiroderma vizottoi is a fruit-eating bat of the family Phyllostomidae found in northeastern Brazil. It was described by Valdir Antonio Taddei and B. K. Lim in a 2010 study that recognised specimens already held in a research institution as the sixth living species of the big-eyed bat genus Chiroderma, separating it by its skull, teeth and form and by speciation through geographic isolation. The name honours Luis Dino Vizotto for his contributions to bat systematics, and the IUCN misspelled it vizzotoi. A mid-sized species most like Chiroderma doriae, it has a forearm of 46.7 to 50.3 millimetres, light brown to grey fur paler below, white fur on the head and a white stripe from shoulder to legs, and longer canines than doriae. It is known from four Caatinga forest sites in Piaui and Ceara and is data deficient for the IUCN as of 2019.
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Chiroderma vizottoi is a species of frugivorous bat found in the northeast of Brazil.
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Chiroderma vizottoi is a species of frugivorous bat found in the northeast of Brazil.
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As of 2019, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN.
Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Description
A mid-sized species of Chiroderma, a genus of Phyllostomidae known as the big-eyed bats,
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