Micronycteris microtis
G. S. Miller, 1898
Common Big-eared Bat
Distribution :
Tamaulipas and Jalisco (Mexico) to northern Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Bolivia.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Noctilionoidea |
| Family | : Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily | : Micronycterinae |
| Genus | : Micronycteris |
| Subgenus | : Micronycteris |
Species status
Authority citation
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1898-08-02. Descriptions of five new phyllostome bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 50:326-337.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Micronycteris microtis
Other common names
Little Big-eared Bat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:16366 (= USNM:MAMM:A23364)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Greytown [= San Juan del Norte], " Rio San Juan, Nicaragua.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Bolivia · Argentina
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 9 names and synonyms.
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