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 Chrotopterus auritus (Peters 1856) Distribution. From Mexico, southward to Guianas, Brazil , Peru , Bolivia , and northern Argentina . In Brazil it shows a disjunct distribution and has been recorded almost all Brazil , but the states of Alagoas , Ceará , Maranhão , Paraíba , Piauí , Rio Grande do Norte , Roraima , Rondônia , Sergipe , and Tocantins ( Rodrigues et al . 2002 ; Reis et al . 2007 ). Habitat. Inhabits tropical rainforest, deciduous forests, and cloud forests, roosting at places such as caves, mines, abandoned buildings, and hollow trees ( Medellín 1989 ; Reis et al . 2007 ). We captured 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 male – CHUNB 1266.