Isabelle's ghost bat (''Diclidurus isabella'') is a bat species found in northwestern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, Guyana, and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

, and possibly Colombia. It was discovered in October 1916 by

Emilie Snethlage Maria Emilie Snethlage (April 13, 1868 – November 25, 1929) was a Germany, German-born Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon. Snethlage collected in Brazil from 1905 until her death. She was the direct ...

, and described by Oldfield Thomas in 1920. While the species name is suggestive that he named it after someone, his notes did not say this as they usually would. It has been suggested that the species name is instead a reference to the color isabelline. In that case, the common name should instead be the isabelline ghost bat.Beolens, B., Watkins, M., & Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press. They are pale brown in color, with the head and shoulders appearing whitish. Their forearms are approximately long.Thomas, O. (1920). XXXIII.—On mammals from the lower amazons in the Goeldi Museum, Para. Journal of Natural History, 6(33), 266-283.

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Diclidurus Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Mammals of Guyana Mammals of Venezuela Mammals described in 1920 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Emballonuridae-stub