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Lophostoma brasiliense

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea
Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Phyllostominae
Genus: Lophostoma
Species: Lophostoma brasiliense

Name

Lophostoma brasiliense Peters, 1866

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia.

Synonyms

minuta Goodwin, 1942
nicaraguae Goodwin, 1942
venezuelae Robinson and Lyon, 1901


References

Peters, 1866. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1866: 674.
Conservation status: IUCN link: Lophostoma brasiliense (Near Threatened)
Lophostoma brasiliense in Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder

Distribution

Veracruz (Mexico) south to Peru
Bolivia
North-East Brazil
Trinidad

Vernacular names
English: Pygmy Round-eared Bat.

The Pygmy Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma brasiliense, is a bat species from South and Central America.

References

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Lophostoma brasiliense. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 October 2008.
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