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Peropteryx
Peropteryx kappleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Peropteryx Peters, 1867
Type species
Vespertilio caninus Wied-Newied, 1821
Species
Peropteryx kappleri Peropteryx leucoptera Peropteryx macrotis Peropteryx pallidoptera Peropteryx trinitatis

Peropteryx is a genus of 5 species of bat in the family Emballonuridae,

namely:

• Greater dog-like bat (Peropteryx kappleri)
• White-winged dog-like bat (Peropteryx leucoptera)
• Lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis)
• Pale-winged dog-like bat (Peropteryx pallidoptera)
• Trinidad dog-like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis)

References

1. Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 28 September 2009
2. Lim, Burton K.; Engstrom, Mark D.; Reid, Fiona A.; Simmons, Nancy B.; Voss, Robert S.; Fleck, David W. (2010). "A New Species of Peropteryx (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Western Amazonia with Comments on Phylogenetic Relationships within the Genus" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3686): 1–20. doi:10.1206/691.1. hdl:2246/6070. S2CID 53674551.

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