Thomas's shaggy bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Thomas's shaggy bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Centronycteris centralis
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Emballonuridae

Where does the Thomas's shaggy bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Thomas's shaggy bat in 1 country or territory across North America.

Costa Rica

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Thomas's shaggy bat endangered?

The Thomas's shaggy bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Thomas's shaggy bat?

The Thomas's shaggy bat (Centronycteris centralis) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Emballonuridae, genus Centronycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Thomas's shaggy bat

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 in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Thomas's shaggy bat (revision 1273956854), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1831125 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).