Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat

Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Sturnira
Species: S. oporaphilum
Binomial name
Sturnira oporaphilum
(Tschudi, 1844)[2]

Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira oporaphilum), is an extant species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru, with its range also encompassing Bolivia.[3] Given that the extent of the species is scarcely greater than 20,000 km², and the probable deterioration in its habitat, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognises S. oporaphilum as near threatened and close to qualifying as vulnerable.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Barquez, R. and Diaz, M. (2008). "Sturnira oporaphilum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. Tschudi, J. J. von (1844). Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana 2. St. Gallen: Von Scheitlin und Zollikofer. p. 64.
  3. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801882210.

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