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''Micronycteris'' is a genus of
leaf-nosed bat The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order ...
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List of species

Genus ''Micronycteris'' - little big-eared bats * Brosset's big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris brosseti ''Simmons & Voss, 1998 * '' Micronycteris buriri'' Larsen, Siles, Pedersen, & Kwiecinski, 2011 * '' Micronycteris giovanniae'' Baker & Fonseca, 2007 * Hairy big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris hirsuta ''(Peters, 1869) * Matses's big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris matses ''Simmons, Voss, & Fleck, 2002 * Little big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris megalotis ''(Gray, 1842) * Common big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris microtis ''Miller, 1898 *
White-bellied big-eared bat The white-bellied big-eared bat (''Micronycteris minuta'') is a bat species from South and Central America, as well as Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost islan ...
, ''Micronycteris minuta ''(Gervais, 1855) * Sanborn's big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris sanborni ''Simmons, 1996 * Schmidts's big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris schmidtorum ''Sanborn, 1935 * Yates's big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris yatesi'' Siles & Brooks, 2013


References

* Ochoa, J. G., & J. H. Sánchez. 2005. Taxonomic status of ''Micronycteris homezi'' (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Mammalia 69:323–335. * Fonseca, R. M., S. R. Hoofer, C. A. Porter, C. A. Cline, D. A. Parish, F. G. Hoffmann, & R. J. Baker. 2007. Morphological and molecular variation within Little Big-eared bats of the genus ''Micronycteris'' (Phyllostomidae: Micronycterinae) from San Lorenzo, Ecuador. In: Kelt, D.A., Lessa, E.P., Salazar-Bravo, J., Patton, J.L. (Eds.),The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson, vol. 134. University of California Publications in Zoology, pp. 721–746,1–981. * Larsen, P. A., L. Siles, S. C. Pedersen, AND G. G. Kwiecinski. 2011. A new species of ''Micronycteris'' (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Saint Vincent, Lesser Antilles. Mammalian Biology 76:687–700. Phyllostomidae Bat genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Leafnosed-bat-stub