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Short-eared Bat

Cyttarops alecto

Classification

The short-eared bat (Cyttarops alecto) is a bat species found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana and Nicaragua. It is the only species within its genus. Description The short-eared bat is a dark-colored sac-winged bat, similar in appearance to Saccopteryx or Peropteryx, but differentiated by its long, silky fur, low rounded ears, expanded clavicles, grooved tibia, and cranial frontal cup.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
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