Big-eared Brown Bats

Histiotus mochica

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae

The Moche big-eared brown bat (Histiotus mochica) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to coastal Peru. It is notable for its likely depiction in Moche ceramics over a millennium prior to its discovery to Western science in 2012 and scientific description in 2021.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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