Greater round-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Tonatia |
Species: | T. bidens
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Binomial name | |
Tonatia bidens Spix, 1823
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The greater round-eared bat (Tonatia bidens) is a bat species found in northeastern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia.[1][2] The species feeds on fruit as well as hunting small birds. Once caught, birds are taken to a shelter and consumed.[3]