Diphylla ecaudata Spix 1823

Bezerra, Alexandra M. R. & Marinho-Filho, Jader, 2010, Bats of the Paranã River Valley, Tocantins and Goiás states, Central Brazil, Zootaxa 2725, pp. 41-56 : 45

Diphylla ecaudata Spix 1823

Distribution. From south Texas ( USA) to southward Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and eastern Brazil. In Brazil this species has been recorded in Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo states and in the Distrito Federal ( Peracchi et al. 2006).

Habitat. Despites be widely distributed throughout Brazil, D. ecaudata is regionally rare and uncommon ( Emmons & Feer 1997; Eisenberg & Redford 1999). Roosting in mines, caves, and rarely in hollow trees ( Greenhall et al. 1984). Feeds on blood, mainly from birds. We collected one specimen in a pasture field near to limestone outcrops (14 o 30’ 25.4” S, 46 o 43’ 51.5” W) in Alvorada do Norte, GO.

Voucher specimen. One adult female – CHUNB 1277.