Lonchorhina

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Lonchorhina
Lonchorhina aurita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Lonchorhina
Tomes, 1863
Species

L. aurita
L. fernandezi
L. inusitata
L. marinkellei
L. orinocensis
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Lonchorhina is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae.[1]

Species

Genus Lonchorhina - Sword-nosed Bats

  • Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina aurita - Tomes, 1863
  • Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina fernandezi - Ochoa & Ibanez, 1982
  • Northern Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina inusitata - Handley & Ochoa, 1997
  • Marinkelle's Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina marinkellei - Camacho & Cadena, 1978
  • Orinoco Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina orinocensis - Linares & Ojasti, 1971

References

  1. Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 13 September 2009 
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