Strange big-eared brown bat

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Strange big-eared brown bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Histiotus
Species:
H. alienus
Binomial name
Histiotus alienus
Thomas, 1916
Distribution of Histiotus alienus.PNG

The strange big-eared brown bat (Histiotus alienus), is a bat species found in Brazil.

Originally described from a bat collected in 1916, a second specimen was obtained in 2018. [2]

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References

  1. González, E.M.; Barquez, R. (2016). "Histiotus alienus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10200A22098611. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10200A22098611.en .
  2. "Bat spotted for first time in a century". New Scientist (vol 259 No 3455): 19. 2023-09-09.