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

Big-eared Brown Bats — (c) Floro Ortiz Contreras, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Floro Ortiz Contreras · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Floro Ortiz Contreras, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Floro Ortiz Contreras · CC-BY DescriptionMoche big-eared brown bat, Wikipedia contributors

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