De Vivo's disk-winged bat (''Thyroptera devivoi'') is a species of disc-winged bat found in

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Taxonomy and etymology

It was described as a new species in 2006, the fourth species to be described in the disc-winged bat genus and family. The

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used to describe the species was collected in 2000 near

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in Brazil. It is possible that the currently-described species is a

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that may face further taxonomic revision; it could undergo a taxonomic split with the description of a second species. The

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for the

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"devivoi" is Mario de Vivo; the authors of the 2006 paper chose to honor him with the species name because he "has been responsible for a considerable increase in the understanding of both mammal diversity and systematics in Brazil."

Description

The bat's head and body length is . It has a forearm length of and a tail long. Its fur is cinnamon brown, with the ventral fur appearing frosted.

Range and habitat

It is known from two countries in South America:

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and

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. It is known from the

Cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

of Brazil and other

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ecosystems. In 2015, the species was recorded in

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for the first time.

Conservation

It is currently evaluated as

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by the

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. It is a recently described species, and little is known about its range, population size and trend, ecology, or threats. As of 2015, it was only known from four specimens.

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q2669173 Thyropteridae Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Mammals of Guyana Mammals described in 2006