Guadeloupe big-eyed bat

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Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Chiroderma
Species: C. improvisum
Binomial name
Chiroderma improvisum
R.J Baker & Genoways, 1976

The Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (Chiroderma improvisum) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Guadeloupe and Montserrat. It is threatened by habitat loss mostly because of Hurricane Hugo, which destroyed 90% of the population of this bat in 1989. The species may be locally extinct in some areas of Guadeloupe.

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