Balantiopteryx

Balantiopteryx

Balantiopteryx plicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Balantiopteryx Peters, 1867
Species
Balantiopteryx infusca Balantiopteryx io Balantiopteryx plicata

Balantiopteryx is a genus of sac-winged bats.^[1] It comprises three species:

Balantiopteryx infusca (Ecuadorian sac-winged bat)
Balantiopteryx io (Thomas's sac-winged bat)
Balantiopteryx plicata (Gray sac-winged bat)

References

^ Simmons, Nancy B. (16 November 2005). "Order Chiroptera (pp. 312-529)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 385. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13800966.

External links

IUCN Red List entry

Extant species of family Emballonuridae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria · Order: Chiroptera

Balantiopteryx	Ecuadorian Sac-Winged Bat (B. infusca) · Thomas's Sac-Winged Bat (B. io) · Gray Sac-winged Bat (B. plicata)

Centronycteris	Thomas's Shaggy Bat (C. centralis) · Shaggy Bat (C. maximiliani)

Coleura	African Sheath-tailed Bat (C. afra) · Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (C. seychellensis)

Cormura	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (C. brevirostris)

Cyttarops	Short-eared Bat (C. alecto)

Diclidurus (Ghost bats)	Northern Ghost Bat (D. albus) · Greater Ghost Bat (D. ingens) · Isabelle's Ghost Bat (D. isabellus) · Lesser Ghost Bat (D. scutatus)

Emballonura	Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat (E. alecto) · Peters's Sheath-tailed Bat (E. atrata) · Beccari's Sheath-tailed Bat (E. beccarii) · Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat (E. dianae) · Greater Sheath-tailed Bat (E. furax) · Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat (E. monticola) · Raffray's Sheath-tailed Bat (E. raffrayana) · Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat (E. semicaudata) · Seri's Sheath-tailed Bat (E. serii) · Western Sheath-tailed Bat (E. tiavato)

Mosia	Dark Sheath-tailed Bat (M. nigrescens)

Peropteryx	Greater Dog-like Bat (P. kappleri) · White-winged Dog-like Bat (P. leucoptera) · Lesser Dog-like Bat (P. macrotis) · Pale-winged Dog-like Bat (P. pallidoptera) · Trinidad Dog-like Bat (P. trinitatis)

Rhynchonycteris	Proboscis Bat (R. naso)

Saccolaimus	Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat (S. flaviventris) · Troughton's Pouched Bat (S. mixtus) · Pel's Pouched Bat (S. peli) · Naked-rumped Pouched Bat (S. saccolaimus)

Saccopteryx	Antioquian Sac-winged Bat (S. antioquensis) · Greater Sac-winged Bat (S. bilineata) · Frosted Sac-winged Bat (S. canescens) · Amazonian Sac-winged Bat (S. gymnura) · Lesser Sac-winged Bat (S. leptura)

Taphozous	Indonesian Tomb Bat (T. achates) · Coastal Tomb Bat (T. australis) · Sharp-nosed Tomb Bat (T. georgianus) · Hamilton's Tomb Bat (T. hamiltoni) · Hildegarde's Tomb Bat (T. hildegardeae) · Hill's Tomb Bat (T. hilli) · Arnham Tomb Bat (T. kapalgensis) · Long-winged Tomb Bat (T. longimanus) · Mauritian Tomb Bat (T. mauritianus) · Black-bearded Tomb Bat (T. melanopogon) · Naked-rumped Tomb Bat (T. nudiventris) · Egyptian Tomb Bat (T. perforatus) · Theobald's Tomb Bat (T. theobaldi) · Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat (T. troughtoni)