Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat

The bidentate yellow-shouldered bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in South America.

Taxonomy and etymology

It was described as a new species in 1915 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype had been collected by Walter Goodfellow in April 1914 in Baeza, Ecuador. Thomas described a new, now-defunct genus, Corvira, giving the species the binomial of Corvira bidens. The species name "bidens" is Latin for "two teeth;" of the bidentate yellow bat, Thomas wrote, "lower incisors only two."

Description

It has a forearm length of. It has a long and narrow snout and an overall narrow skull. It has a dental formula of for a total of 30 teeth.

Range and habitat

Its range includes Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is found in association with the Andes Mountains at elevations of.
As of 2018, it was evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN, which is its lowest conservation priority.