The short-eared bat (Cyttarops alecto) is the only species in the genus Cyttarops, within the family Emballonuridae. It is a dark-colored sac-winged bat that resembles Saccopteryx or Peropteryx but is set apart by its long silky fur, low rounded ears, expanded clavicles, grooved tibia and a cranial frontal cup; the forearm is 46 to 47 mm long and females tend to be somewhat larger than males. Oldfield Thomas described it in 1913. Its known range runs from the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica through Guyana to the state of Pará in Brazil. It is one of the rarest Neotropical bats, known from fewer than twenty individuals taken at fewer than ten localities in humid lowland areas. It is an aerial insectivore and roosts in small groups of one to ten animals under the fronds of coconut palms, sometimes close to buildings that people occupy. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
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Behavior
Aerial insectivores, Cyttarops alecto roosts in small groups
Behavior, activity pattern
They are nocturnal, so activity doesn't usually start until about 45 minutes after sunset
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
is a bat species found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana and Nicaragua.
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IUCN Red List status Least Concern
Species status
Species status Living
Child Taxon Of: Emballonuridae, Taxonomy
Family: Emballonuridae
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