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Gray sac-winged bat

Mammals

The gray sac-winged bat is a species in the family Emballonuridae, which comprises 51 species of sac-winged bats. It is found in Mexico from Baja California Sur and Sonora to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and northern Colombia, at elevations up to about 1,500 meters. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Balantiopteryx plicata 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Emballonuridae, Taxa
Source Gray sac-winged bat (Wikidata)
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Found In

Mexico

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Gray sac-winged bat (Wikipedia)
  • Habitat and distribution
    It also prefers to live in dry areas or arid climates rather than wet climates, so it would more likely to be found in evergreen forests rather than swamps.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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3. Gray sac-winged bat (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q135384 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Emballonuridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Mammifères","language":"FR"},{"name":"Mammals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Mamíferos","language":"ES"},{"name":"哺乳纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Chiroptera
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 72
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 72
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":"Chiroptera","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"翼手目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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