| Histiotus | |
|---|---|
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| Small big-eared brown bat (Histiotus montanus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Eptesicini |
| Genus: | Histiotus Gervais, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Plecotus velatus | |
| Species | |
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Histiotus alienus | |
Histiotus (meaning "sail ears") is a genus of South American vesper bats[1] with species that include:[2]
- Strange big-eared brown bat, Histiotus alienus
- Cadena-García's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus cadenai
- Colombian big-eared brown bat, Histiotus colombiae
- Transparent-winged big-eared brown bat, Histiotus diaphanopterus
- Humboldt big-eared brown bat, Histiotus humboldti
- Thomas's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus laephotis
- Big-eared brown bat, Histiotus macrotus
- Southern big-eared brown bat, Histiotus magellanicus
- Moche big-eared brown bat, Histiotus mochica
- Small big-eared brown bat, Histiotus montanus
- Tropical big-eared brown bat, Histiotus velatus
In Paraguay, Histiotus bats have mainly been collected at human dwellings or around domestic animals, due to the significant increase in human activity in the Paraguayan Chaco over the last 20 years.[3]
- ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 2 October 2009
- ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993, retrieved 2021-09-17
- ^ Lopez-Gonzalez, Celia (January 2004). "Ecological zoogeography of the bats of Paraguay". Journal of Biogeography. 31 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.00940.x. S2CID 83482459.