{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{speciesbox | name = Strange big-eared brown bat | image = Alienus-2.jpg | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn 2016">{{cite journal|last1=González| first1= E.M.| last2= Barquez| first2= R.| year= 2016| title= Histiotus alienus| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2016| page= e.T10200A22098611| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10200A22098611.en| doi-access= free}}</ref> | genus = Histiotus | species = alienus | authority = Thomas, 1916 | range_map = Distribution of Histiotus alienus.PNG }}
The '''strange big-eared brown bat''' ('''''Histiotus alienus'''''), is a bat species found in Brazil.
Originally described from a bat collected in 1916, a second specimen was obtained in 2018.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bat spotted for first time in a century |journal=New Scientist |date=2023-09-09 |volume=259|issue=3455 |pages=19 |doi=10.1016/S0262-4079(23)01683-4 |bibcode=2023NewSc.259i..19. }}</ref>
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Category:Histiotus Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Category:Bats of South America Category:Mammals described in 1916
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