Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Fernere Mittheilungen zur Kenntniss der Flederthiere, namentlich über Arten des Leidener und Britischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:672-681.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053248
Original name as described: Lophostoma brasiliense
Nominal names: brasiliense W. C. H. Peters, 1867 | venezuelae W. Robinson & Lyon, 1901 | minutum (G. G. Goodwin, 1942)
Other common names: Lesser Round-eared Bat|Little Round-eared Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Phyllostomidae -- Subfamily: Phyllostominae -- Tribe: Phyllostomini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1849.11.7.14
Type locality: "Baía" (= Salvador), Bahia, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Colombia (COL) | Venezuela (VEN) | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Guyana (GUY) | Suriname (SUR) | French Guiana (GUF) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER) | Bolivia (BOL) | Brazil (BRA) | Paraguay (PRY)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included L. nicaraguae
Citation: Esquivel, D. A., Pereira, M. J. R., Stuhler, J. D., Rossoni, D. M., Velazco, P. M., & Bianchi, F. M. (2022). Multiples lines of evidence unveil cryptic diversity in the Lophostoma brasiliense (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) complex. Systematics and Biodiversity, 20(1), 2110172.
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