 In South America, they are found throughout Colombia, but otherwise only east of the Andes, reaching eastern Bolivia, northern Paraguay, and Santa Catarina in Brazil at their southernmost extent.Within this region they are most commonly found in tropical deciduous forest below , although they are sometimes found in evergreen forest or semi-arid scrubland.There are no recognised subspecies, although the Trinidad dog-like bat was formerly considered a subspecies of "P. macrotis".