The pygmy round-eared bat, Lophostoma brasiliense, is a small South American bat with large ears that end in rounded tips and several small warts on the upper lip. Its fur is dark brown or black, its forearm measures 33 to 36 millimetres, and adults weigh about 9 to 11 grams. It eats insects but may also take fruit, and it is nocturnal, spending the day roosting in sheltered places such as hollow trees and termite mounds. Its range runs from the eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia through the Orinoco and eastern Amazon regions to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil, reaching south to central Paraguay and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, and it also occurs on the island of Trinidad. The IUCN evaluated it as Least Concern in 2016.
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The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
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The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
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The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Pygmy round-eared bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Pygmy round-eared bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
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The southern limit includes the states of Presidente Hayes in central Paraguay (lower (wet) Chaco)
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Source Pygmy round-eared bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Pygmy round-eared bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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It is also present in the Island of Trinidad.
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Source Pygmy round-eared bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitatQuote, Range and habitat
The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
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Range and habitat
The northernmost extent of its range is from eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and extends through to Orinoquia and eastern Amazonia in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
Range and habitat, where it lives
The southern limit includes the states of Presidente Hayes in central Paraguay (lower (wet) Chaco)
Range and habitat, where it lives (2)
It is also present in the Island of Trinidad.
Range and habitat, conservation status
As of 2016, it was evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN.
Biology and ecology
It is insectivorous, though it may also consume fruit.
Biology and ecology, activity pattern
It is nocturnal, roosting in sheltered places during the day such as hollow trees or within termite mounds.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The pygmy round-eared bat (Lophostoma brasiliense) is a bat species from South America.
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"extinct": false
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