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mal burrows. It feeds on fruit and insects, as do most phyllostomines. LaVal and 

 LaVal (1980) found remains of insects representing several orders at night-feeding 

 roosts of these bats at La Selva. There is no complete study of the reproductive 

 cycle from a single locality. 



Goodwin (1946) reported M. m. microtis from Rio Sixaola and Gardner et al. 

 (1970) recorded the first M. m. mexicana from the country. LaVal and Fitch (1977) 



Fig. 25. Brazilian large-eared bat, Micronycteris megalotis. Photo by B. L. Clauson. 



