Micronycteris microtis

G. S. Miller, 1898

Common Big-eared Bat

First record of this species from Argentina.  Chiroptera Neotropical 15(2): 461-465.  Also as Little Big-eared Bat.
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Location:Argentina, Salta province, Orán department, Estación de aforo Aguas Blancas, 2 km N Aguas Blancas, on Hwy 50Date taken:Sep 12, 2008

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5595

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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

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 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

Country distribution map

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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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