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D´ORBIGNY´S ROUND-EARED BAT Lophostoma silvicolum
Smith P 2008 - FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay Number 29 d´Orbigny´s Round-eared Bat Lophostoma silvicolum
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A small Phyllostomid with huge, rounded ears, this is an uncommon but widespread species in Paraguay. Members of this genus can be identified by the fact that they have only a single pair of lower incisors, a mostly naked muzzle, a small fold of skin joining the ears and the fact that they tend to roll their ears when handled. The latter is considered an adaptation to the fact that they habitually roost in cramped, arboreal termite mounds.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM112PH) Adult, Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Silvia Centrón September 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM113PH) Same individual ear detail (Silvia Centrón September 2009).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM114PH) Same individual frontal view (Silvia Centrón September 2009).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM1074PH) Adult, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Jonny Miller January 2012 - Para La Tierra).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM1073PH) Same individual frontal (Jonny Miller January 2012 - Para La Tierra).
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LINKS TO DOWNLOADABLE OPEN ACCESS REFERENCES USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE FAUNA PARAGUAY HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF PARAGUAY SPECIES ACCOUNT FOR THIS SPECIES:

Baker RJ, Fonseca RM, Parish DA, Phillips CJ, Hoffmann FG 2004 - New Bat of the Genus Lophostoma (Phyllostomidae: Phyllostominae) from Northwestern Ecuador - Occasional Papers of Museum of Texas Tech University 232. LARGE FILE.
Handley CO 1976 - Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project - Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biological Series 20: p1-89. LARGE FILE!
Herrin CS, Tipton VJ 1975 - Spinturnicid Mites of Venezuela (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) - Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biological Series 20: p1-72. LARGE FILE!
Myers P, Espinosa R, Parr CS, Jones T, Hammond GS, Dewey A 2006 - The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed December 2007.
Patterson BD 1992 - Mammals in the Royal Natural History Museum, Stockholm Collected by AM Olalla during 1934-1938 - Fieldiana Zoology 1432.
Thomas O 1902 - Notes on the Phyllostomatous Genera Mimon and Tonatia - Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 7 10:p53-54.
Tuttle MD 1970 - Distribution and Zoogeography of Peruvian Bats with Comments on Natural History - University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49: p45-86.
Wagner JA 1843 - Diagnosen neuer Arten Brasilischer Säugthiere - Arch. Naturgesch 9: p365-368.