White-throated round-eared bat
| White-throated round-eared bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Lophostoma |
| Species: | L. silvicolum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophostoma silvicolum D'Orbigny, 1836 | |
The white-throated round-eared bat (Lophostoma silvicolum) is a South and Central American bat species[1] found from Honduras to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil.[2] It creates roosts inside the nests of the termite, Nasutitermes corniger.[3]
References
- ↑ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Barquez, R. Diaz, M., Pineda, W. & Rodriguez, B. (2008). Lophostoma silvicolum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ↑ Dechmann, D. K. N.; Kalko, E. K. V.; König, B.; Kerth, G. (2005-03-09). "Mating system of a Neotropical roost-making bat: the white-throated, round-eared bat, Lophostoma silvicolum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (Springer) 58 (3): 316–325. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0913-y. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
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