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--> GENUS Micronycteris
SPECIES Micronycteris microtis
Author: | Miller, 1898. | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 50: 328. | Common Name: | Common Big-eared Bat | Type Locality: | Nicaragua, San Juan del Norte, Graytown. | Distribution: | Tamaulipas and Jalisco (Mexico) to northern Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Bolivia. | Status: | IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001). | Comments: | Formerly included in megalotis, but see Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990), Simmons (1996), and Simmons and Voss (1998). Simmons (1996) included mexicana as a subspecies of microtis, but noted that it may be a distinct species. |
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