| Melissa's yellow-eared bat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Vampyressa |
| Species: | V. melissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926 | |
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Melissa's yellow-eared bat (Vampyressa melissa) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [1] [2]
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are 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 brown mastiff bat, is a bat species found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.
The short-headed broad-nosed bat is a bat species found in Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
The buffy broad-nosed bat is a bat species found in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The white-lined broad-nosed bat is a bat species found in southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname.
The southern little yellow-eared bat is a frugivorous bat species found in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
The northern little yellow-eared bat is a bat species found from southern Mexico to Bolivia, the Guianas and western Brazil.
The bidentate yellow-eared bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, native to South America. Formerly classified in the Vampyressa genus, phylogenetic analyses support its inclusion in Vampyriscus.
Vampyressa is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. They are known commonly as the yellow-eared bats or yellow-eared vampire bats.
Stenodermatinae is a large subfamily of bats in the family Phyllostomidae.
Soriano's yellow-shouldered bat, is an extant species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to Bolivia and Venezuela, although its precise distribution is uncertain. Following the postulation of the species in 2005, S. sorianoi requires contemporary information relating its distribution, environment, and population, along with formal a comparison with S. erythromos and S. bogotensis. Without sufficient data, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) presently considers the taxonomy for S. sorianoi as incomplete.
The elegant myotis is a species of vesper bat found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Vampyriscus is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats.
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