Greenhall's dog-faced bat
South American bat
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Greenhall's dog-faced bat (Cynomops greenhalli) is a South American bat species of the family Molossidae.[2] It lives in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, northeastern Brazil and Trinidad.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Cynomops |
| Species: | C. greenhalli |
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| Cynomops greenhalli Goodwin, 1958 | |
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Molossops greenhalli | |
This insect-eating bat measures 40–97 mm in length. It has yellowish-brown to black coloration on its upper body and a grey underside, with a broad face and widely separated eyes. Its ears are short and rounded, the antitragus square, its lips unwrinkled and the snout broad.
The dog-faced bat lives at low elevations. Colonies of 50–77 roost in hollow branches of large trees. Males and females stay together throughout the year. It is named after Arthur Greenhall, a scientist who led the rabies program at the Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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