| Parnell's mustached bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Mormoopidae |
| Genus: | Pteronotus |
| Species: | P. parnellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteronotus parnellii Gray, 1843
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P. p. parnellii | |
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Parnell's mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii) is an insectivorous bat native to the Americas. It ranges from southern Sonora, Mexico, south to Brazil. It has a wider historical range; fossil specimens have been collected on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas.
The bat was named for the British zoologist Richard Parnell.[3]
- ^ Solari, S. 2016. Pteronotus parnellii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Pteronotus (Phyllodia) parnellii. Mammal Species of the World. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals