White-throated round-eared bat

White-throated round-eared bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Lophostoma
Species:
L. silvicola
Binomial name
Lophostoma silvicola
D'Orbigny, 1836
Distribution of the white-throated round-eared bat

Red = L.s.silvicolum
Green = L.s.centralis
Blue = L.s.occidentalis
Yellow = L.s.laephotis

The white-throated round-eared bat (Lophostoma silvicola) is a bat species[2] found from Honduras to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It creates roosts inside the nests of the termite, Nasutitermes corniger. It thrives on a mainly insect-based diet, focusing on the surfaces of foliage to hunt, and also eats fruit and pollen.[3] It has a very wide range and is a common species over much of that range, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".[1]

  1. ^ a b Barquez, R.; Diaz, M.; Pineda, W.; Rodriguez, B. (2016). "Lophostoma silvicolum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T88149202A22041651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T88149202A22041651.en.
  2. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ "Mamíferos del Ecuador". bioweb.bio. Retrieved 2019-09-04.