''Centronycteris'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sac-winged bat
Emballonuridae is a family (biology), family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from ...
s.
It contains two species:
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Thomas's shaggy bat
The Thomas's shaggy bat (''Centronycteris centralis'') is a bat species from Central and South America. It was previously included in the shaggy bat but Simmons and Handley (1998) showed that the species were distinct.
Taxonomy
It was describ ...
''(C. centralis)''
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Shaggy bat ''(C. maximiliani)''
References
Bat genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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