Chrotopterus auritus (Peters 1856)

Bezerra, Alexandra M. R. & Marinho-Filho, Jader, 2010, Bats of the Paranã River Valley, Tocantins and Goiás states, Central Brazil, Zootaxa 2725, pp. 41-56 : 46

Chrotopterus auritus (Peters 1856)

Distribution. From Mexico, southward to Guianas, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. In Brazil it shows a disjunct distribution and has been recorded almost all Brazil, but the states of Alagoas, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Roraima, Rondônia, Sergipe, and Tocantins ( Rodrigues et al. 2002; Reis et al. 2007).

Habitat. Inhabits tropical rainforest, deciduous forests, and cloud forests, roosting at places such as caves, mines, abandoned buildings, and hollow trees ( Medellín 1989; Reis et al. 2007). We captured one specimen in a pasture field near to limestone outcrops (14 o 30’ 25.4” S, 46 o 43’ 51.5” W) in Alvorada do Norte, GO.

Voucher specimen. One adult male – CHUNB 1266.