---
title: "Tropical big-eared brown bat"
description: "Histiotus velatus — Mammifères. The tropical big-eared brown bat (Histiotus velatus), is a bat species found in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/tropical-big-eared-brown-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tropical big-eared brown bat

> Histiotus velatus — Mammifères. The tropical big-eared brown bat (Histiotus velatus), is a bat species found in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

- Scientific name: *Histiotus velatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 70
- Wikidata: [Q307296](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307296)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40537](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40537)

## Names

- en: Tropical big-eared brown bat
- de: Tropische Großohrfledermaus
- es: Murciélago orejón tropical

## Countries with the most observations

BR (53)

## Summary

The tropical big-eared brown bat (Histiotus velatus), is a bat species found in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_big-eared_brown_bat

## Photo

![Tropical big-eared brown bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-big-eared-brown-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carlos Henrique Russi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94820095

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tropical-big-eared-brown-bat?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).