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Gray Sac-winged Bat

Balantiopteryx plicata

Classification

The gray sac-winged bat (Balantiopteryx plicata) is a species in the family Emballonuridae which comprises the 51 species of sac-winged bats. It is found in Mexico from Baja California Sur and Sonora to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and northern Colombia, at elevations up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). Name Wilhelm Peters first described the bat in 1867.

Distribution

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