Biology:Greater round-eared bat

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Greater round-eared bat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Tonatia
Species:
T. bidens
Binomial name
Tonatia bidens
Spix, 1823
Tonatia bidens map.svg

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2016). "Tonatia bidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T21983A21975435. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21983A21975435.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21983/21975435. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Simmons, Nancy B. (2005). "Chiroptera". in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M.. 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. https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13801281. Retrieved 12 September 2009. 
  3. Martuscelli, Paulo (2009). "Avian predation by the Round-eared Bat ( Tonatia bidens, Phyllostomidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic forest". Journal of Tropical Ecology 11 (3): 461–464. doi:10.1017/S0266467400008944. 

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