Saccolaimus peli

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 453 meters (0 to 1,486 feet).[1]

Ecology: Pel's pouched bat lives in forest clearings in the rainforest zone but not in the forest interior. It flies very high, and is insectivorous , nocturnal and crepuscular. It roosts in hollow trees and cavities of large trees, either singly or in groups up to five animals (Happold, 1987). The species' response to habitat fragmentation is unknown. [2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Saccolaimus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. flaviventris (Yellow-Bellied Sheath-Tailed Bat) · S. mixtus (Papuan Sheath-Tailed Bat) · S. peli (Pel's Pouched Bat) · S. pluto (Philippine Pouched Bat) · S. saccolaimus (Bare-Rumped Sheathtail-Bat)

More Info

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Further Reading

• The mammals of Africa: country lists. Draft document IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNEP, WWF url .

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. and Fahr, J. 2004. Saccolaimus peli. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M., Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2008. Saccolaimus peli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Field Museum: Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104656
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631720
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631720
• IUCN ID: 240318
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6620

Footnotes

1. Mean = -2,208.000 meters (-7,244.094 feet), Standard Deviation = 3,763.220 based on 2 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M., Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2008. Saccolaimus peli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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