White-bellied big-eared bat

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White-bellied big-eared bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Micronycteris
Species:
M. minuta
Binomial name
Micronycteris minuta
Gervais, 1856
Micronycteris minuta map.svg

The white-bellied big-eared bat (Micronycteris minuta) is a bat species from South and Central America, as well as Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Solari, S. (2015). "Micronycteris minuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T13380A22125019. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13380A22125019.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Duff, Andrew; Lawson, Ann (2004). Mammals of the World: A Checklist. Yale University Press. p. 157. ISBN   978-0300103984.
  3. "White-bellied big-eared bat - Encyclopedia of Life".