Southern Long-nosed Bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Leptonycteris |
Species: | L. curasoae |
Binomial name | |
Leptonycteris curasoae Miller, 1900 |
The Southern Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Aruba, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Netherlands Antilles.[1] Its roosts in caves and mines, but only breeds in specific caves on islands.[1]