Peropteryx

• Greater Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) kappleri

  

  The greater dog-like bat has light and dark brown color phases, with paler fur underneath. It uses wet forests and wetlands, eats insects, and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.

• Lesser Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis

  

  The lesser dog-like bat is a small bat with long ears and a pouch-like structure on the wing. It flies at night and eats small beetles, flies, and other insects.

• Trinidad Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis

  

  The Trinidad dog-like bat catches flying insects in cluttered vegetation. Records list several roost types, including tree hollows, caves, and houses.

• Pale-winged Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) pallidoptera

  This bat is recorded across western Amazonia. Its wing membranes are pale and translucent, its arms and digits have paler brown fur, and no skin band joins the ears. Recent specimens were captured in terra firme primary forest; one was recorded emerging from a hollow fallen tree.

• Lesser Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis

  

  The lesser dog-like bat is a small bat with long ears and a pouch-like structure on the wing. It flies at night and eats small beetles, flies, and other insects.

• Greater Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) kappleri

  

  The greater dog-like bat has light and dark brown color phases, with paler fur underneath. It uses wet forests and wetlands, eats insects, and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.

• Trinidad Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis

  The Trinidad dog-like bat catches flying insects in cluttered vegetation. Records list several roost types, including tree hollows, caves, and houses.