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title: "Thomas's Shaggy Bat"
description: "Centronycteris centralis — Mammiferi. The Thomas's shaggy bat (Centronycteris centralis) is a bat species from Central and South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/thomas-s-shaggy-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Thomas's Shaggy Bat

> Centronycteris centralis — Mammiferi. The Thomas's shaggy bat (Centronycteris centralis) is a bat species from Central and South America.

- Scientific name: *Centronycteris centralis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 88
- Wikidata: [Q1831125](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1831125)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74161](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74161)

## Names

- en: Thomas's Shaggy Bat
- de: Thomas-Spornscheidenschwanz
- es: Murciélago greñudo de saco

## Countries with the most observations

CR (62), PA (6)

## Summary

The Thomas's shaggy bat (Centronycteris centralis) is a bat species from Central and South America. It was previously included in the shaggy bat but Simmons and Handley (1998) showed that the species were distinct.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%27s_shaggy_bat

## Photo

![Thomas's Shaggy Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/thomas-s-shaggy-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tia Tyler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359797784

## Machine access

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