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title: "Lesser Dog-like Bat"
description: "Peropteryx macrotis — Mammiferi. The lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis), also known as Peters' sac-winged bat, is a species of bat from South and Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lesser-dog-like-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Dog-like Bat

> Peropteryx macrotis — Mammiferi. The lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis), also known as Peters' sac-winged bat, is a species of bat from South and Central America.

- Scientific name: *Peropteryx macrotis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 481
- Wikidata: [Q338980](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338980)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41348](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41348)

## Names

- en: Lesser Dog-like Bat
- de: Kleine Sackflügelfledermaus
- es: Murciélago perro menor
- fr: Péroptère des cavernes

## Countries with the most observations

MX (212), BR (28), GF (11), BO (4), CO (4), GT (3), NI (3)

## Summary

The lesser dog-like bat (Peropteryx macrotis), also known as Peters' sac-winged bat, is a species of bat from South and Central America. First described in 1826, it was renamed in 1843 because the original scientific name was already in use for another species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_dog-like_bat

## Photo

![Lesser Dog-like Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-dog-like-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emballonura_canina.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-dog-like-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).