Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Phyllostomus
Species:	P. elongatus
Binomial name
*Phyllostomus elongatus* Geoffroy, 1810

The Lesser Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus elongatus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

References

^ Sampaio, E., Lim, B. & Peters, S. (2008). "Phyllostomus elongatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/17217. Retrieved 12 September 2009.

Infonatura

Extant species of family Phyllostomidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria · Order: Chiroptera

Subfamilies Brachyphyllinae, Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Phyllonycterinae

Brachyphyllinae

Brachyphylla	Cuban Fruit-eating Bat (B. nana) · Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (B. cavernarum)

Carolliinae

Carollia (Short-tailed Leaf-nosed Bats)	Benkeith's Short-tailed Bat (C. benkeithi) · Silky Short-tailed Bat (C. brevicauda) · Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (C. castanea) · Colombian Short-tailed Bat (C. colombiana) · Manu Short-tailed Bat (C. manu) · C. monohernandezi · Seba's Short-tailed Bat (C. perspicillata) · Sowell's Short-tailed Bat (C. sowelli) · Gray Short-tailed Bat (C. subrufa)

Rhinophylla	Hairy Little Fruit Bat (R. alethina) · Fischer's Little Fruit Bat (R. fischerae) · Dwarf Little Fruit Bat (R. pumilio)

Desmodontinae
(Vampire Bats)


Desmodus	Common Vampire Bat (D. rotundus)

Diaemus	White-winged Vampire Bat (D. youngi)

Diphylla	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (D. ecaudata)

Phyllonycterinae


Erophylla	Brown Flower Bat (E. bombifrons) · Buffy Flower Bat (E. sezekorni)

Phyllonycteris	Jamaican Flower Bat (P. aphylla) · Cuban Flower Bat (P. poeyi)

Subfamily Glossophaginae

Glossophagini

Anoura (Geoffroy's Long-nosed Bats)	A. aequatoris · Cadena's Tailless Bat (A. cadenai) · Tailed Tailless Bat (A. caudifera) · Handley's Tailless Bat (A. cultrata) · Tube-lipped Nectar Bat (A. fistulata) · Geoffroy's Tailless Bat (A. geoffroyi) · Broad-toothed Tailless Bat (A. latidens) · Luis Manuel's Tailless Bat (A. luismanueli)

Choeroniscus	Godman's Long-tailed Bat (C. godmani) · Greater Long-tailed Bat (C. periosus) · Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat (C. minor)

Choeronycteris	Mexican Long-tongued Bat (C. mexicana)

Glossophaga	Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat (G. commissarisi) · Gray Long-tongued Bat (G. leachii) · Miller's Long-tongued Bat (G. longirostris) · Western Long-tongued Bat (G. morenoi) · Pallas's Long-tongued Bat (G. soricina)

Hylonycteris	Underwood's Long-tongued Bat (H. underwoodi)

Leptonycteris (Saussure's Long-nosed Bats)	Southern Long-nosed Bat (L. curasoae) · Greater Long-nosed Bat (L. nivalis) · Lesser Long-nosed Bat (L. yerbabuenae)

Lichonycteris	Dark Long-tongued Bat (L. obscura)

Monophyllus	Insular Single Leaf Bat (M. plethodon) · Leach's Single Leaf Bat (M. redmani)

Musonycteris	Banana Bat (M. harrisoni)

Scleronycteris	Ega Long-tongued Bat (S. ega)

Lonchophyllini


Lionycteris	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat (L. spurrelli)

Lonchophylla	Bokermann's Nectar Bat (L. bokermanni) · Cadena's Long-tongued Bat (L. cadenai) · Chocoan Long-tongued Bat (L. chocoana) · L. concava · Dekeyser's Nectar Bat (L. dekeyseri) · Arched Nectar Bat (L. fornicata) · Handley's Nectar Bat (L. handleyi) · Western Nectar Bat (L. hesperia) · Godman's Nectar Bat (L. mordax) · Orcés’s Long-tongued Bat (L. orcesi) · L. orienticollina · Patton's Long-tongued Bat (L. pattoni) · Orange Nectar Bat (L. robusta) · Thomas's Nectar Bat (L. thomasi)

Platalina	Long-snouted Bat (P. genovensium)

Xeronycteris	Vieira's Long-tongued Bat (X. vieirai)

Subfamily Phyllostominae

Micronycterini

Glyphonycteris	Behn's Bat (G. behnii) · Davies's Big-eared Bat (G. daviesi) · Tricolored Big-eared Bat (G. sylvestris)

Lampronycteris	Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat (L. brachyotis)

Macrotus (Big-eared Bats)	California Leaf-nosed Bat (M. californicus) · Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat (M. waterhousii)

Micronycteris (Little Big-eared Bats)	Brosset's Big-eared Bat (M. brosseti) · Giovanni's Big-eared Bat (M. giovanniae) · Hairy Big-eared Bat (M. hirsuta) · Pirlot's Big-eared Bat (M. homezi) · Matses' Big-eared Bat (M. matses) · Little Big-eared Bat (M. megalotis) · Common Big-eared Bat (M. microtis) · White-bellied Big-eared Bat (M. minuta) · Sanborn's Big-eared Bat (M. sanborni) · Schmidts's Big-eared Bat (M. schmidtorum)

Neonycteris	Least Big-eared Bat (N. pusilla)

Trinycteris	Niceforo's Big-eared Bat (T. nicefori)

Vampyrini


Chrotopterus	Big-eared Woolly Bat (C. auritus)

Lophostoma	Equatorial Round-eared Bat (L. aequatorialis) · Pygmy Round-eared Bat (L. brasiliense) · Carriker's Round-eared Bat (L. carrikeri) · Davis's Round-eared Bat (L. evotis) · Schultz's Round-eared Bat (L. schulzi) · White-throated Round-eared Bat (L. silvicolum) · Yasuni Round-eared Bat (L. yasuni)

Tonatia (Round-eared Bats)	Greater Round-eared Bat (T. bidens) · Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat (T. saurophila)

Trachops	Fringe-lipped Bat (T. cirrhosus)

Vampyrum	Spectral Bat (V. spectrum)

Lonchorhinini


Lonchorhina (Sword-nosed Bats)	Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat (L. aurita) · Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat (L. fernandezi) · Northern Sword-nosed Bat (L. inusitata) · Marinkelle's Sword-nosed Bat (L. marinkellei) · Orinoco Sword-nosed Bat (L. orinocensis)

Macrophyllum	Long-legged Bat (M. macrophyllum)

Mimon (Gray's Spear-nosed Bats)	Golden Bat (M. bennettii) · Cozumelan Golden Bat (M. cozumelae) · Striped Hairy-nosed Bat (M. crenulatum) · Koepcke's Spear-nosed Bat (M. koepckeae)

Phyllostomatini


Phylloderma	Pale-faced Bat (P. stenops)

Phyllostomus (Spear-nosed Bats)	Pale Spear-nosed Bat (P. discolor) · Lesser Spear-nosed Bat (P. elongatus) · Greater Spear-nosed Bat (P. hastatus) · Guianan Spear-nosed Bat (P. latifolius)

Subfamily Stenodermatinae

Ametrida	Little White-shouldered Bat (A. centurio)

Ardops	Tree Bat (A. nichollsi)

Ariteus	Jamaican Fig-eating Bat (A. flavescens)

Artibeus (Neotropical Fruit Bats)	Subgenus Artibeus: Large Fruit-eating Bat (A. amplus) · Fringed Fruit-eating Bat (A. fimbriatus) · Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat (A. fraterculus) · Hairy Fruit-eating Bat (A. hirsutus) · Honduran Fruit-eating Bat (A. inopinatus) · Jamaican Fruit Bat (A. jamaicensis) · Great Fruit-eating Bat (A. lituratus) · Dark Fruit-eating Bat (A. obscurus) · Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat (A. planirostris) Subgenus Dermanura: Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (A. anderseni) · Aztec Fruit-eating Bat (A. aztecus) · Bogota Fruit-eating Bat (A. bogotensis) · Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat (A. cinereus) · Silver Fruit-eating Bat (A. glaucus) · Gnome Fruit-eating Bat (A. gnomus) · Solitary Fruit-eating Bat (A. incomitatus) · Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat (A. phaeotis) · Rosenberg's Fruit-eating Bat (A. rosenbergi) · Toltec Fruit-eating Bat (A. toltecus) · Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat (A. watsoni) Subgenus Koopmania: Brown Fruit-eating Bat (A. concolor)

Centurio	Wrinkle-faced Bat (C. senex)

Chiroderma (Big-eyed Bats)	Brazilian Big-eyed Bat (C. doriae) · Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat (C. improvisum) · Salvin's Big-eyed Bat (C. salvini) · Little Big-eyed Bat (C. trinitatum) · Hairy Big-eyed Bat (C. villosum)

Ectophylla	Honduran White Bat (E. alba)

Enchisthenes	Velvety Fruit-eating Bat (E. hartii)

Mesophylla	MacConnell's Bat (M. macconnelli)

Phyllops (Falcate-winged Bats)	Cuban Fig-eating Bat (P. falcatus)

Platyrrhinus	Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat (P. albericoi) · P. angustirostris · P. aquilus · Eldorado Broad-nosed Bat (P. aurarius) · Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat (P. brachycephalus) · Choco Broad-nosed Bat (P. chocoensis) · Thomas's Broad-nosed Bat (P. dorsalis) · P. fusciventris · Heller's Broad-nosed Bat (P. helleri) · P. incarum · Buffy Broad-nosed Bat (P. infuscus) · Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat (P. ismaeli) · White-lined Broad-nosed Bat (P. lineatus) · Quechua Broad-nosed Bat (P. masu) · Matapalo Broad-nosed Bat (P. matapalensis) · Geoffroy's Rayed Bat (P. nigellus) · P. nitelinea · Recife Broad-nosed Bat (P. recifinus) · Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat (P. umbratus) · Greater Broad-nosed Bat (P. vittatus)

Pygoderma	Ipanema Bat (P. bilabiatum)

Sphaeronycteris	Visored Bat (S. toxophyllum)

Stenoderma	Red Fruit Bat (S. rufum)

Sturnira (Yellow-shouldered Bats)	Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. aratathomasi) · Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. bidens) · Bogota Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. bogotensis) · Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. erythromos) · Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. koopmanhilli) · Little Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. lilium) · Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. ludovici) · Louis's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. luisi) · Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. magna) · Mistratoan Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. mistratensis) · Talamancan Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. mordax) · Lesser Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. nana) · Tschudi's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. oporaphilum) · Soriano's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. sorianoi) · Thomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. thomasi) · Tilda's Yellow-shouldered Bat (S. tildae)

Uroderma (Tent-building Bats)	Tent-making Bat (U. bilobatum) · Brown Tent-making Bat (U. magnirostrum)

Vampyressa (Yellow-eared Bats)	Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat (V. bidens) · Brock's Yellow-eared Bat (V. brocki) · Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat (V. melissa) · Striped Yellow-eared Bat (V. nymphaea) · Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat (V. pusilla) · Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat (V. thyone)

Vampyrodes	Great Stripe-faced Bat (V. caraccioli)