Big-eared Woolly Bat
Chrotopterus auritus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 194
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The big-eared woolly bat or (Peters's) woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus) is a species of bat, belonging to the family Phyllostomidae. The name Chrotopterus is derived from Greek roots chariots (skin, color), and pteron (wing). The epithet auritus refers to the large ears.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Big-eared woolly bat”.