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Brosset's Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris (Leuconycteris) brosseti Simmons & Voss, 1998
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Brosset's big-eared bat (Micronycteris brosseti) is a bat species found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Peru. It feeds on insects and sometimes fruit and the exact population is unknown. The only listed threat is deforestation.
Wikipedia contributors, Brosset's big-eared bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:10:44.358243+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Micronycteris (Leuconycteris) brosseti Simmons & Voss, 1998
- Name authority
- Simmons & Voss, 1998
- Common name
- Brosset's Big-eared Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Genus
- Micronycteris
- 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
- subfamilyMicronycterinae Van Den Bussche, 1992
- genusMicronycteris Gray, 1866
- subgenusLeuconycteris Porter, Hoofer, Cline, Hoffmann & Baker, 2007
- speciesMicronycteris (Leuconycteris) brosseti Simmons & Voss, 1998
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Micronycteris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Matses Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) matses Simmons, Voss & Fleck, 2002 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) megalotis (Gray, 1842) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giovanni's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) giovanniae Baker & Fonseca, 2007 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Xenoctenes) hirsuta (Peters, 1869) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) microtis Miller, 1898 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tiny Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Schizonycteris) minuta (Gervais, 1856) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sanborn's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Schizonycteris) sanborni Simmons, 1996 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Schmidt's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Leuconycteris) schmidtorum Sanborn, 1935 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yates's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Schizonycteris) yatesi Siles & Brooks, 2013 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | 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=946055 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:4326C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.