Allen's big-eared bat
| Allen's big-eared bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Plecotini |
| Genus: | Idionycteris Anthony, 1923 |
| Species: | I. phyllotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Idionycteris phyllotis G.M. Allen, 1916 | |
Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis), also known as the lappet-browed bat, is a species of vesper bat in the monotypic genus Idionycteris. It occurs in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado in the United States.