Isabelle's ghost bat

Species of bat

Isabelle's ghost bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Diclidurus
Species:
D. isabella
Binomial name
Diclidurus isabella
Thomas, 1920
Isabelle's ghost bat range

Isabelle's ghost bat (Diclidurus isabella) is a bat species found in northwestern Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela, and possibly Colombia.[1][2]

It was discovered in October 1916 by Emilie Snethlage, and described by Oldfield Thomas in 1920.[3] While the species name is suggestive that he named it after someone, his notes did not say this as they usually would. It has been suggested that the species name is instead a reference to the color isabelline. In that case, the common name should instead be the isabelline ghost bat.[4] They are pale brown in color, with the head and shoulders appearing whitish. Their forearms are approximately 54 mm (2.1 in) long.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Sampaio, E.; Lim, B.; Peters, S. (2016). "Diclidurus isabella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6563A21986404. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6563A21986404.en. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ a b Thomas, O. (1920). XXXIII.—On mammals from the lower amazons in the Goeldi Museum, Para. Journal of Natural History, 6(33), 266-283.
  4. ^ Beolens, B., Watkins, M., & Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press.


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Extant species of family Emballonuridae
Balantiopteryx
  • Ecuadorian sac-winged bat (B. infusca)
  • Thomas's sac-winged bat (B. io)
  • Gray sac-winged bat (B. plicata)
Centronycteris
  • Thomas's shaggy bat (C. centralis)
  • Shaggy bat (C. maximiliani)
Coleura
  • African sheath-tailed bat (C. afra)
  • Madagascar sheath-tailed bat (C. kibomalandy)
  • Seychelles sheath-tailed bat (C. seychellensis)
Cormura
  • Chestnut sac-winged bat (C. brevirostris)
Cyttarops
  • Short-eared bat (C. alecto)
Diclidurus
(Ghost bats)
  • Northern ghost bat (D. albus)
  • Greater ghost bat (D. ingens)
  • Isabelle's ghost bat (D. isabellus)
  • Lesser ghost bat (D. scutatus)
Emballonura
  • Small Asian sheath-tailed bat (E. alecto)
  • Beccari's sheath-tailed bat (E. beccarii)
  • Large-eared sheath-tailed bat (E. dianae)
  • Greater sheath-tailed bat (E. furax)
  • Lesser sheath-tailed bat (E. monticola)
  • Raffray's sheath-tailed bat (E. raffrayana)
  • Pacific sheath-tailed bat (E. semicaudata)
  • Seri's sheath-tailed bat (E. serii)
Mosia
  • Dark sheath-tailed bat (M. nigrescens)
Peropteryx
  • Greater dog-like bat (P. kappleri)
  • White-winged dog-like bat (P. leucoptera)
  • Lesser dog-like bat (P. macrotis)
  • Pale-winged dog-like bat (P. pallidoptera)
  • Trinidad dog-like bat (P. trinitatis)
Rhynchonycteris
  • Proboscis bat (R. naso)
Saccolaimus
  • Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (S. flaviventris)
  • Papuan sheath-tailed bat (S. mixtus)
  • Pel's pouched bat (S. peli)
  • Naked-rumped pouched bat (S. saccolaimus)
Saccopteryx
  • Antioquian sac-winged bat (S. antioquensis)
  • Greater sac-winged bat (S. bilineata)
  • Frosted sac-winged bat (S. canescens)
  • Amazonian sac-winged bat (S. gymnura)
  • Lesser sac-winged bat (S. leptura)
Taphozous
  • Indonesian tomb bat (T. achates)
  • Coastal sheath-tailed bat (T. australis)
  • Common sheath-tailed bat (T. georgianus)
  • Hamilton's tomb bat (T. hamiltoni)
  • Hildegarde's tomb bat (T. hildegardeae)
  • Hill's sheath-tailed bat (T. hilli)
  • Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (T. kapalgensis)
  • Long-winged tomb bat (T. longimanus)
  • Mauritian tomb bat (T. mauritianus)
  • Black-bearded tomb bat (T. melanopogon)
  • Naked-rumped tomb bat (T. nudiventris)
  • Egyptian tomb bat (T. perforatus)
  • Theobald's tomb bat (T. theobaldi)
  • Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (T. troughtoni)
Taxon identifiers
Diclidurus isabellus
Depanycteris isabella
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