Thyroptera discifera Lichtenstein and Peters 1855

Thyroptera discifera Lichtenstein and Peters 1855, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1855: 335.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Carabobo, Puerto Cabello.

Vernacular Names: Peters's Disk-winged Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Thyroptera discifera subsp. discifera Lichtenstein and Peters 1855

Subspecies Thyroptera discifera subsp. abdita Wilson 1976

Distribution: Nicaragua; Panama and Colombia to Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Pine (1993) and Wilson (1978).