| Lophostoma | |
|---|---|
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| White-throated round-eared bat (Lophostoma sylvicolum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllostominae |
| Genus: | Lophostoma d'Orbigny, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Lophostoma silvicolum d'Orbigny, 1836 | |
| Species | |
Lophostoma brasiliense | |
Lophostoma is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae. [1]
Genus Lophostoma
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are bats found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order Chiroptera. Most species are insectivorous, but the phyllostomid bats include within their number true predatory species and frugivores. For example, the spectral bat, the largest bat in the Americas, eats vertebrate prey, including small, dove-sized birds. Members of this family have evolved to use food groups such as fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, frogs, other bats, and small vertebrates, and in the case of the vampire bats, even blood.
The pygmy round-eared bat is a bat species from South and Central America.
Carriker's round-eared bat is a bat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. It was discovered by and named for Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr.
The white-throated round-eared bat is a bat species found from Honduras to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It creates roosts inside the nests of the termite, Nasutitermes corniger. It thrives on a mainly insect-based diet, focusing on the surfaces of foliage to hunt, and also eats fruit and pollen. It has a very wide range and is a common species over much of that range, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Davis's round-eared bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southeastern Mexico.
Schultz's round-eared bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname.
Phyllostominae is a subfamily of bats that include big-eared, spear-nosed, sword-nosed bats and relatives.
The western round-eared bat is a bat species found only on the Pacific coast of northwestern Ecuador.
Kalko's round-eared bat is a species of leaf-nosed bat endemic to Panama.
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