The Little Yellow-eared Bat is a small phyllostomid bat of tropical America with distinctive yellowish ear tips that give it its common name. It roosts under large palm fronds or within furled leaves in tropical forest. This bat is a frugivore that forages in the forest understory for small soft fruits.
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