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White-throated Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma silvicola d'Orbigny, 1836
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.
« Lophostoma silvicola » = Lophostoma silvicolum (White-throated Round-eared Bat)
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Open encyclopedia reference
The white-throated round-eared bat (Lophostoma silvicola) is a bat species found from Honduras to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It creates roosts inside the nests of the termite, Nasutitermes corniger. It thrives on a mainly insect-based diet, focusing on the surfaces of foliage to hunt, and also eats fruit and pollen. It has a very wide range and is a common species over much of that range, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Wikipedia contributors, White-throated round-eared bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:11:28.991495+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lophostoma silvicola d'Orbigny, 1836
- Name authority
- d'Orbigny, 1836
- Common name
- White-throated Round-eared Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Genus
- Lophostoma
- 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
- superfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825
- subfamilyPhyllostominae Gray, 1825
- tribePhyllostomini Gray, 1825
- genusLophostoma d'Orbigny, 1836
- speciesLophostoma silvicola d'Orbigny, 1836
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lophostoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pygmy Round-eared BatLophostoma brasiliense Peters, 1867 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Carriker's Round-eared BatLophostoma carrikeri (J. A. Allen, 1910) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Davis's Round-eared BatLophostoma evotis (Davis & Carter, 1978) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kalko's Round-eared BatLophostoma kalkoae Velazco & Gardner, 2012 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Schulz's Round-eared BatLophostoma schulzi (Genoways & Williams, 1980) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Round-eared BatLophostoma occidentale (Davis & Carter, 1978) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lophostoma silvicolum d'Orbigny, 1836 d'Orbigny, 1836 | synonym |
| Tonatia silvicola (d'Orbigny, 1836) (d'Orbigny, 1836) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
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=1148801 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:3W4HG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.