Animalz

Lophostoma

  • Pygmy Round-eared Bat Lophostoma brasiliense
    Pygmy Round-eared Bat
    Photo: Desmodus · CC BY 4.0

    This small bat has rounded ears and a short tail enclosed by the flight membrane. It is active after dusk, feeds on insects, and has been reported roosting in arboreal termite nests.

  • Carriker's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma carrikeri
    Carriker's Round-eared Bat
    Photo: Carlos Henrique Russi · CC0

    Carriker's round-eared bat is recorded in Bolivia. A Bolivian species account reports insect feeding and termite mounds used as roosts.

  • Davis's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma evotis
    Davis's Round-eared Bat
    Photo: Giovana A. Valencia · CC BY 4.0

    Davis’s Round-eared Bat is recorded in lowlands from southern Mexico to northeastern Honduras. It flies in the forest understory and feeds mainly on insects.

  • White-throated Round-eared Bat Lophostoma silvicola
    White-throated Round-eared Bat
    Photo: Desmodus · CC BY-SA 3.0

    This leaf-nosed bat ranges through Central America and northern and eastern South America. On Barro Colorado Island in Panama, researchers recorded insect gleaning and males excavating roost cavities in active termite nests.

  • Kalko's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma kalkoae

    This bat was described from Panama. It has a white underside and a narrow pale line linking the patches behind its ears to its chest.

  • Mesoamerican Round-eared Bat Lophostoma nicaraguae

    This bat has dark brown fur on its back and dark brown ears, paler brown fur on the belly, and a bare V-shaped area on the lower lip divided into wart-like projections. In Colombia, it is recorded in dry and moist tropical forests of the Caribbean and Pacific regions.

  • Western Round-eared Bat Lophostoma occidentale

    This bat occurs in the lowlands of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It has pale patches behind the cheeks, a whitish throat and chest, and records from different lowland forest types in northern and southern parts of its range.

  • Schulz's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma schulzi

    Schulz's round-eared bat occurs on the Guiana Shield. It was recorded in high forest at Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname.

  • Carriker's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma carrikeri

    Carriker's round-eared bat is recorded in Bolivia. A Bolivian species account reports insect feeding and termite mounds used as roosts.

  • Pygmy Round-eared Bat Lophostoma brasiliense

    This small bat has rounded ears and a short tail enclosed by the flight membrane. It is active after dusk, feeds on insects, and has been reported roosting in arboreal termite nests.

  • Davis's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma evotis

    Davis’s Round-eared Bat is recorded in lowlands from southern Mexico to northeastern Honduras. It flies in the forest understory and feeds mainly on insects.

  • White-throated Round-eared Bat Lophostoma silvicola

    This leaf-nosed bat ranges through Central America and northern and eastern South America. On Barro Colorado Island in Panama, researchers recorded insect gleaning and males excavating roost cavities in active termite nests.