''Chiroderma'' – big-eyed bats or white-lined bats – is a genus of
leaf-nosed bat
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the orde ...
found in
North America,
Central America
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, and
South America
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and the
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc bet ...
.
Species
The following species were recognized ,
and a total of seven species to 2020
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Brazilian big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma doriae''
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Guadeloupe big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma improvisum''
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Salvin's big-eyed bat
Salvin's big-eyed bat (''Chiroderma salvini'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
Venezuela ...
, ''Chiroderma salvini''
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Mexican big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma scopaeum''
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Little big-eyed bat
The little big-eyed bat (''Chiroderma trinitatum'') is a bat species from South America, South and Central America.
References
Bats of South America
Bats of Brazil
Mammals of Colombia
Chiroderma
Mammals described in 1958
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, ''Chiroderma trinitatum''
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Gorgas's big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma gorgasi''
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Hairy big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma villosum''
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Vizotto's big-eyed bat ''Chiroderma vizottoi'',
References
Further reading
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Bat genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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