Common big-eared bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common big-eared bat lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Micronycteris microtis
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the common big-eared bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common big-eared bat in 4 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Manicoré.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common big-eared bat endangered?

The common big-eared bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common big-eared bat?

The common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Micronycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common big-eared bat

The common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) is a bat species from South and Central America. It is a member of the family Phyllostomidae.

Recent research has demonstrated this bat's ability to find motionless food within clutter. Echolocating bats discriminate between background and prey based on glints or Doppler shifts in the echo induced by the (wing-)movements of the prey, but M. microtis can detect completely motionless prey. The species shares both the leaf-nose formation and the trait of sound emission through the nostrils with all Phyllostomidae, but its behavior is understood to be unique: the bat is able to discriminate ecologically relevant stimuli within an extremely complex cluttered sonic environment.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common big-eared bat (revision 1313806138), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q727367 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).