NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Southern Big-eared Brown Bat
Histiotus magellanicus (Philippi, 1866)
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.
Southern Big-eared Brown Bat (Histiotus magellanicus) captured in mist net in Bío Bío Region, Chile
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Open encyclopedia reference
The southern big-eared brown bat (Histiotus magellanicus) is a species of bat from the family Vespertilionidae. Although current taxonomy treats the southern big-eared brown bat as a separate species, it is often treated as a subspecies of the small big-eared brown bat. It lives in the forests of southern Argentina and Chile; though the population of the bat in the southern part of its habitat is low, there are no major concerns to justify anything lower than a Least Concern rating in the IUCN Red List.
Wikipedia contributors, Southern 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 2026-10-05T12:48:52.298932+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Histiotus magellanicus (Philippi, 1866)
- Name authority
- (Philippi, 1866)
- Common name
- Southern 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 magellanicus (Philippi, 1866)
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 |
| Humboldt's Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus humboldti Handley, 1996 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus laephotis Thomas, 1916 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus montanus (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Vespertilio magellanicus Philippi, 1866 Philippi, 1866 | synonym |
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=946191 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:3M5GL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.