Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis Miller 1899

Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis Miller 1899, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 178.

Type Locality: Trinidad, Port-of-Spain.

Vernacular Names: Trinidad Dog-like Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis subsp. trinitatis Miller 1899

Subspecies Peropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis subsp. phaea G. M. Allen 1911

Distribution: Trinidad and Tobago; Aruba Isl (Netherlands Antilles); Grenada; Venezuela; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); French Guiana.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Microchiropteran Bats Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Subgenus Peropteryx . Considered a subspecies of macrotis by many authors, but see Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990) and Simmons and Voss (1998). Includes phaea, see discussion in Genoways et al. (1998).