Chrotopterus auritus (Peters 1856)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 403

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scientific name	Chrotopterus auritus (Peters 1856)
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[Vampyrus] auritus Peters 1856 , Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1856: 305.

Type Locality: Mexico. The type locality was incorrectly changed to Brazil, Santa Catarina, by Carter and Dolan (1978), see remarks in Medellin (1989).

Vernacular Names: Woolly False Vampire Bat.

Synonyms: Chrotopterus australis Thomas 1905 ; Chrotopterus guianae Thomas 1905 .

Distribution: Veracruz ( Mexico) south to the Guianas, S Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and N Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Simmons and Voss (1998) discussed problems with previously recognized subspecies. See Medellín (1989). See Emmons (1997) for distribution map.