Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 395 426 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Micronycteris hirsuta Peters 1869 Micronycteris hirsuta Peters 1869 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869: 397 . Type Locality: Costa Rica , Guanacaste , Pozo Azul. Vernacular Names: Hairy Big-eared Bat . Distribution: Honduras to French Guiana, Trinidad , Amazonian Brazil , Peru , and Ecuador . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Placed in subgenus Xenoctenes by Sanborn (1949) , but see Simmons (1996) .