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 silvicolum
Subspecies: L. s. centralis - L. s. laephotis - L. s. silvicolum
Name
Lophostoma silvicolum Tomes, 1863
Type locality: Bolivia, Yungas between Secure and Isiboro rivers.
References
Tomes, 1863. Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. London, 1863: 83.
Velazco, P.M.; Cadenillas, R. 2011: On the identity of Lophostoma silvicolum occidentalis (Davis & Carter, 1978) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Zootaxa, 2962: 1–20. Preview
Conservation status: IUCN link: Lophostoma silvicolum (Least Concern)
Lophostoma silvicolum 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
Honduras to Bolivia
North-East Argentina
Guianas
East Brazil
Vernacular names
English: White-throated Round-eared Bat.
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, Nancy B. (16 November 2005). "Order Chiroptera (pp. 312-529)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). 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. Downloaded on 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.
