| Dashe's nectar bat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Hsunycteris |
| Species: | H. dashe |
| Binomial name | |
| Hsunycteris dashe Velazco, Soto-Centeno, Fleck, Voss and Simmons, 2017 [1] | |
Dashe's nectar bat (Hsunycteris dashe) is a bat species from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. [1] It was cited as a member of the genus Hsunycteris before it was formally described. [2]
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