LaVal's disk-winged bat

LaVal's disk-winged bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Thyropteridae
Genus: Thyroptera
Species: T. lavali
Binomial name
Thyroptera lavali
Pine, 1993

LaVal's disk-winged bat, Thyroptera lavali, is a species of bat in the family Thyropteridae.[2] It is native to Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Venezuela, where it has been found near streams in tropical rainforest.[1] The bat is insectivorous.[1] It is poorly studied but is believed to be rare.[1] The species was named in honor of American zoologist Richard K. LaVal.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Solari, S. & Velazco, P. (2008). "Thyroptera lavali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21878. Retrieved 24 October 2010. 
  2. ^ 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.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13801530. 
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 592 (see p. 236). ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA236.