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 megalotis
(Gray 1842)
[Phyllophora] megalotis
Gray 1842
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 10: 257
.
Type Locality:
Brazil
,
São Paulo
, Pereque.
Vernacular Names:
Little Big-eared Bat
.
Synonyms:
Micronycteris elongatum
Gray 1842
;
Micronycteris megalotes
Robinson 1896
;
Micronycteris scrobiculatum
Wagner 1855
;
Micronycteris typica
K. Andersen 1906
.
Distribution:
Colombia
to
Peru
,
Bolivia
, and
Brazil
;
Venezuela
and the Guianas;
Trinidad and Tobago
; Margarita Isl (
Venezuela
);
Grenada
;
St. Vincent
.
Conservation:
IUCN
2003 and
IUCN
/
SSC
Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Does not include
microtis
; see
Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990)
,
Simmons (1996)
, and
Simmons and Voss (1998)
. Does not include
mexicana
; see
Simmons (1996)
. Does not include
homezi
; see
Simmons and Voss (1998)
. See Alonso-Mejia and Medellín (1991), but note that these authors included
microtis
,
mexicana
, and
homezi
in
megalotis
.