NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Humboldt's Big-eared Brown Bat
Histiotus humboldti Handley, 1996
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
According to Gardner, 2008
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Humboldt big-eared brown bat (Histiotus humboldti) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Histiotus humboldti is distributed in the subtropical forests of the eastern foothills of the mountains outside the Ecuadorian Andes, between 800 and 2,000 metres (2,600 and 6,600 ft) in the eastern subtropical zoogeographical floor, unlike Histiotus montanus which is recorded at higher altitudes of 1,800 and 4,000 metres (5,900 and 13,100 ft).
Wikipedia contributors, Humboldt big-eared brown bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:59:08.057357+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Histiotus humboldti Handley, 1996
- Name authority
- Handley, 1996
- Common name
- Humboldt's Big-eared Brown Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Histiotus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribeEptesicini Volleth & Heller, 1994
- genusHistiotus Gervais, 1856
- speciesHistiotus humboldti Handley, 1996
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Histiotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Strange Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus alienus Thomas, 1916 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus macrotus (Poeppig, 1835) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tropical Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus velatus (I. Geoffroy, 1824) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus laephotis Thomas, 1916 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus magellanicus (Philippi, 1866) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus montanus (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=946189 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3M5GF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.