Short-eared Bat

Short-eared Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Cyttarops
Species:	C. alecto
Binomial name
Cyttarops alecto Thomas, 1913
Short-eared Bat range

The Short-eared Bat, Cyttarops alecto, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana and Nicaragua. It is monotypic within its genus.

References

• Lim, B., Miller, B., Reid, F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. 2008. Cyttarops alecto. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 March 2009.
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