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Index Western round-eared bat

The western round-eared bat (Lophostoma occidentale) is a bat species found only on the Pacific coast of northwestern Ecuador.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Bat, Colombia, Ecuador, Habitat destruction, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Latin, Near-threatened species, Peru, South America, Species description, Specific name (zoology), Tonatia, Trinomial nomenclature, White-throated round-eared bat.

  2. Lophostoma
  3. Mammals described in 1978

Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Ecuador

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Near-threatened species

A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Tonatia

Tonatia is a small genus of South and Central American phyllostomid bats.

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Trinomial nomenclature

In biology, trinomial nomenclature is the system of names for taxa below the rank of species.

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White-throated round-eared bat

The white-throated round-eared bat (Lophostoma silvicola) is a bat species found from Honduras to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. Western round-eared bat and white-throated round-eared bat are bats of South America and Lophostoma.

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See also

Lophostoma

Mammals described in 1978

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_round-eared_bat

Also known as Equatorial Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma aequatorialis, Lophostoma occidentale, Lophostoma occidentalis.