Micronycteris minuta (Gervais 1856)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 408

Micronycteris minuta (Gervais 1856)

[Schizostoma] minutum Gervais 1856 , in: F. Comte de Castelnau, Exped. Partes Cen. Am. Sud., Zool. (Sec. 7), Vol. 1, pt. 2 (Mammiferes): 50.

Type Locality: Brazil, Bahia, Capela Nova.

Vernacular Names: Tiny Big-eared Bat.

Synonyms: Micronycteris hypoleuca J. A. Allen 1900 .

Distribution: Honduras to S Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru; Guianas; Trinidad.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Simmons (1996), Simmons and Voss (1998), and López-González (1998).