White-throated Round-eared Bat

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". == Taxonomy == This species was first described in 1836 by the French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny. Four subspecies are recognised: L. s. silvicola: southern Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, eastern and north-eastern Brazil, eastern and north-eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, central and northern Bolivia and Paraguay L. s. centralis: southern Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and northern Panama; L. s. laephotis: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northeastern Brazil; L. s. occidentalis: northeastern Peru and southeastern Ecuador. == Description == Lophostoma silvicola is a medium-sized bat with a forearm length of 50 mm (2.0 in) or more, long, soft fur on its body and very short fur on its face. The dorsal parts of the pelage are grey or greyish-brown frosted…