Lesser Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx macrotis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 185
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis), also known as Peters' sac-winged bat, is a species of bat from South and Central America. First described in 1826, it was renamed in 1843 because the original scientific name was already in use for another species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lesser dog-like bat”.