Tomes's sword-nosed bat
Tomes's sword-nosed bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Lonchorhina |
Species: | L. aurita |
Binomial name | |
Lonchorhina aurita Tomes, 1863 | |
Tomes's sword-nosed bat (Lonchorhina aurita) is a bat species from South and Central America. It is also found in the Bahamas, as is known only from one specimen collected on the island of New Providence.
References
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Lonchorhina aurita. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 October 2008.
- Infonatura
- Anthony W. White. 1998. A birder's guide to the Bahama Islands. American Birding Association, Inc (USA). p252.
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