Bats of the Paranã River Valley, Tocantins and Goiás states, Central Brazil Author Bezerra, Alexandra M. R. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Brasília (CEP 70910 - 900), Brasília, DF, Brazil. E-mail: abezerra @ fst. com. br abezerra@fst.com.br Author Marinho-Filho, Jader Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Brasília (CEP 70910 - 900), Brasília, DF, Brazil. E-mail: jmarinho @ unb. br text Zootaxa 2010 2010-12-17 2725 41 56 journal article 1175-5326 Diphylla ecaudata Spix 1823 Distribution. From south Texas ( USA ) to southward Venezuela , Peru , Bolivia , and eastern Brazil . In Brazil this species has been recorded in Acre , Amazonas, Bahia , Espírito Santo , Minas Gerais , Pará, Pernambuco , Paraná , Rio de Janeiro , Rondônia , Santa Catarina , and São Paulo states and in the Distrito Federal ( Peracchi et al. 2006 ). Habitat. Despites be widely distributed throughout Brazil , D. ecaudata is regionally rare and uncommon ( Emmons & Feer 1997 ; Eisenberg & Redford 1999 ). Roosting in mines, caves, and rarely in hollow trees ( Greenhall et al . 1984 ). Feeds on blood, mainly from birds. We collected one specimen in a pasture field near to limestone outcrops ( 14 o 30’ 25.4” S , 46 o 43’ 51.5” W ) in Alvorada do Norte, GO. Voucher specimen. One adult female – CHUNB 1277.