Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat

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Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Phyllostomidae Genus: Chiroderma Species: C. improvisum
Binomial name
Chiroderma improvisum Baker & Greenways, 1976

The Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (Chiroderma improvisum) is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It is found in Guadeloupe and Montserrat. It is threatened by habitat loss mostly because of Hurricane Hugo, that took 90% of the population. It may be extinct in some areas of Guadeloupe.

[edit] Source

• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Chiroderma improvisum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.