| Davy's Naked-backed Bat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Mormoopidae |
| Genus: | Pteronotus |
| Species: | P. davyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteronotus davyi Gray, 1838 |
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| Subspecies[2] | |
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P. d. davyi |
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Davy's Naked-backed Bat, Pteronotus davyi, is a small insect-eating, cave-dwelling bat and is found throughout South and Central America, including Trinidad, but not Tobago. Its wings are attached to the top of its body instead of to the sides, as in all other bat species. Specimens of this bat have been found infected with rabies in Trinidad.[3]