Niceforo's big-eared bat

Niceforo's big-eared bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Trinycteris
Sanborn, 1949
Species: T. nicefori
Binomial name
Trinycteris nicefori
Sanborn, 1949

Niceforo's big-eared bat (Trinycteris nicefori) is a bat species from South and Central America, ranging from Chiapas to Bolivia and northeastern Brazil.[1] Its habitat is primary and secondary forest at altitudes from sea level to 1000 m.[1] It is crepuscular, being most active in the hour after sunset and before dawn.[1] The species is monotypic within its genus.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tavares, V. & Burneo, S. (2008). "Trinycteris nicefori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. Simmons, N. B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.