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 homezi Pirlot 1967 Micronycteris homezi Pirlot 1967 , Mammalia , 31: 265 . Type Locality: Venezuela , Zulia , Maracaibo Basis, Río Palmar, Hacienda El Cerro. Vernacular Names: Pirlot's Big-eared Bat . Distribution: NW Venezuela , Guyana , French Guiana, Brazil . Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001). Discussion: Described by Pirlot (1967) as a subspecies of megalotis , but clearly a distinct species; see Simmons and Voss (1998) . Also see Bernard (2001) and Lim and Engstrom (2001) .