Mexican dog-faced bat

Mexican dog-faced bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Cynomops
Species: C. mexicanus
Binomial name
Cynomops mexicanus
Jones & Genoways, 1967

The Mexican dog-faced bat (Cynomops mexicanus) is a bat species of the family Molossidae from Central America.[2] It is found from Nayarit in Mexico to Costa Rica at elevations up to 1500 m.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of C. greenhalli.[2] It roosts in deciduous and evergreen forest, and is usually found near small bodies of water.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rodriguez, B. & Miller, B. (2008). "Cynomops mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Simmons, N. B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.