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Broad-eared free-tailed bat

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The broad-eared free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops laticaudatus, also called the broad-eared bat or broad-tailed bat, is a free-tailed bat of the family Molossidae in the genus Nyctinomops. Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire described it in 1805 from Asunción, Paraguay. It has a very wide range in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms, with records in twenty-one countries from Mexico and Cuba south to Argentina and Uruguay. The Mammal Diversity Database notes that the species includes the recently described mbopicuare but probably remains a species complex. Animal Diversity Web says it feeds mainly on beetles caught in flight, and the IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Insectivore 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 2

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)

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Source Animal Diversity Web: Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Animal Diversity Web)

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

Quote, Country distribution

Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

Quote, Country distribution

Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

Quote, Country distribution

Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Trinidad and Tobago

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Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

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Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

Quote, Country distribution

Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution

Quote, Country distribution

Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela

Sources

1. Animal Diversity Web: Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Animal Diversity Web)

Animal Diversity Web

Food Habits
primarily eat coleopterans taken in flight, but also feed on lepidopterans
Conservation Status
They are not listed afforded any special protection under CITES or IUCN.
Habitat, Habitat Regions
Habitat Regions tropical tropical Terrestrial
In Biome: Cloud Forest, Habitat
They can be found in tropical evergreen forests, deciduous forest, subtropical moist forests, thorn forests with mangrove and coconut trees, cloud forests, and swampy chacoan vegetaion.

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2. Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Mammal Diversity Database)

Species status
Living
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
Country distribution
Argentina · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela
Child Taxon Of: Molossidae, Taxonomy
Family: Molossidae
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Taxonomy, order
Order: Chiroptera

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