Trinidad dog-like bat

The Trinidad dog-like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis) is a species of bat from the family Emballonuridae, native to Aruba, French Guiana, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. Gerrit S. Miller described it in 1899 from Port of Spain, Trinidad. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the lesser dog-like bat, and the bat is considered rare everywhere in its range, although this may be untrue because it was previously confused with the lesser dog-like bat. It is an aerial insectivore that roosts in hollow trees, in hollow rotten logs on the ground, under overhanging banks, and in caves in the Llanos of Venezuela. Two subspecies are recognised, Peropteryx trinitatis trinitatis and Peropteryx trinitatis phaea. The Mammal Diversity Database records its IUCN Red List status as Not Evaluated.