Zoot suit Zoot suit A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, ged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing became especially popular among the Latino, African American, Italian American, and Filipino American communities during the 1940s. Some observers claim that the "Edwardian-look" suits with velvet lapels worn by Teddy Boys in Britain are a derivative of the zoot suit. Zoot suits were first associated with African Americans in urban communities such as Harlem, Chicago, and Detroit, but were made popular by jazz musicians in the
Lesser yellow-shouldered bat Lesser yellow-shouldered bat The lesser yellow-shouldered bat ("Sturnira nana") is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is native to Peru and Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was described in 1971, based on a specimen that had been collected in 1970. It is a member of the yellow-shouldered bats. Its lineage is basal to the other members of its genus, with the exception of the bidentate yellow-shouldered bat, "Sturnira bidens". The basal "Sturnira" lineages ("S. nana", "S. bidens", and "S. aratathomasi") began to diverge from other members of the genus during the Late Miocene (5.2–8.1