Chiroderma

Chiroderma – big-eyed bats or white-lined bats – is a genus of leaf-nosed bat found in North America, Central America, and South America and the Lesser Antilles.^[1]

Chiroderma
Salvin's big-eyed bat (Chiroderma salvini)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Subfamily:	Stenodermatinae
Genus:	Chiroderma Peters, 1860
Type species
Chiroderma villosum Peters, 1860
Species
Chiroderma doriae Chiroderma gorgasi Chiroderma improvisum Chiroderma salvini Chiroderma scopaeum Chiroderma trinitatum Chiroderma villosum Chiroderma vizottoi
Synonyms[1]
Mimetops Gray, 1866

Species

The following species were recognized as of 2005^[update],^[1] and a total of seven species to 2020^[2][3]

• Brazilian big-eyed bat, Chiroderma doriae Thomas, 1891
• Gorgas's big-eyed bat, Chiroderma gorgasi Handley, 1960
• Guadeloupe big-eyed bat, Chiroderma improvisum Baker & Genoways, 1976
• Salvin's big-eyed bat, Chiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878
• Mexican big-eyed bat, Chiroderma scopaeum Handley, 1966
• Little big-eyed bat, Chiroderma trinitatum Goodwin, 1958
• Hairy big-eyed bat, Chiroderma villosum Peters, 1860
• Vizotto's big-eyed bat Chiroderma vizottoi, Taddei & Lim, 2010^[4]