Southern big-eared brown bat
| Southern big-eared brown bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Histiotus |
| Species: | H. magellanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Histiotus magellanicus Philippi, 1866 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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H. capucinus (Philippi, 1866) | |
The southern big-eared brown bat (Histiotus magellanicus) is a species of bat from the family Vespertilionidae. Although current taxonomy treats the southern big-eared brown bat as a separate species, it is often treated as a subspecies of the small big-eared brown bat.[2] It lives in the forests of southern Argentina and Chile; though the population of the bat in the southern part of its habitat is low, there are no major concerns to justify anything lower than a Least Concern rating in the IUCN Red List.[1] There is some habitat destruction, as well as trouble with beavers in Tierra del Fuego.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Barquez, R. & Diaz, M. (2008). "Histiotus magellanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- 1 2 Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 488. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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