Greater Round-eared Bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Tonatia |
Species: | T. bidens |
Binomial name | |
Tonatia bidens Spix, 1823 |
The Greater Round-eared Bat, Tonatia bidens, is a bat species from South America. It is found in northeastern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia.[1][2] The species feeds on fruit as well as hunting small birds. Once caught birds are taken to a shelter and consumed.