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Saussure's long-nosed bat

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Saussure's long-nosed bats
Greater long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Leptonycteris
Lydekker, 1891
Type species
Ischnoglossa nivalis
Saussure, 1860
Species

Leptonycteris curasoae
Leptonycteris nivalis
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

The Saussure's long-nosed bats or Mexican long-nosed bats form the genus Leptonycteris within the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae.[1] Like all members of the family, they are native to the Americas. According to ITIS, three species are currently recognised, though varying placements of the populations into species and subspecies will be encountered.

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Transcription

Species

The species recognised by ITIS are:

Genus Leptonycteris – Lydekker, 1891 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Southern long-nosed bat

Leptonycteris curasoae
Miller, 1900 		northern Colombia and Venezuela
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 


Greater long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat

Leptonycteris nivalis
(Saussure, 1860) 		United States (southern Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico), Mexico, Guatemala
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EN 


Lesser long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat

Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
Martinez & Villa, 1940 		Mexico
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 



In view of the thorough ambiguity of the term "Mexican long-nosed bat", which can refer to the genus or to either of two of its species, the alternative common names are preferable.

These migratory bats are the main pollinators of several nocturnal blooming cactus species.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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