Allen's big-eared bat

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Allen's big-eared bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Plecotini
Genus: Idionycteris
Anthony, 1923
Species:
I. phyllotis
Binomial name
Idionycteris phyllotis
G.M. Allen, 1916
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Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis), also known as the lappet-browed bat, is a species of vesper bat in the monotypic genus Idionycteris. It occurs in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado [2] in the United States. [1]

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Description

Idionycteris phyllotis is a bat with large ears, weighing 8 to 16 grams. On the dorsal side they possess long and soft pelage, [3] (fur). Their fur is basally blackish in color with tips that are a yellow-gray color. They have a black patch on each shoulder, a tuft of white hair on the backside of the ears, as well as ventral hairs that are black with pale tips. [3] The calcar possesses a low keel. The uropatagium has 12 to 13 transverse ribs. The rostrum is flattened and broad. [3] They have distinctive lappets (disc-shaped protrusions), which project from the base of the ears onto the brow of the bat [4] .

I. phyllotis has an external morphology common to that of gleaning bats, and are thus well adapted for plucking stationary insects from surfaces. [3] To do this they have long tragi and ears, wings adapted for maneuverability and hovering flight, and a gracile jaw. [3] I. phyllotis) is the only species in North America known to emit long, constant frequency-frequency modulated echolocation calls. [2]

Range and habitat

Allen’s big-eared bat inhabits the southwestern mountainous regions of Mexico and the United States. This species occupies a wide range in elevation, ranging from 855 m to 3,225 m, though most specimens reside at altitudes between 1,100 m and 2,500 m. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2017). "Idionycteris phyllotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T10790A21990019. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T10790A21990019.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Hayes, Mark A.; Navo, Kirk W.; Bonewell, Lea R.; Mosch, Cyndi J.; Adams, Rick A. (2009). "Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) documented in Colorado based on recordings of its distinctive echolocation call". The Southwestern Naturalist. 54 (4): 499–501. doi:10.1894/JKF-01.1.
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