| Lichonycteris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Glossophaginae |
| Genus: | Lichonycteris Thomas, 1895 |
| Species | |
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Lichonycteris (Little long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae. Its members are native to South America. [1]
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order Chiroptera. Most species are insectivorous, but the phyllostomid bats include within their number true predatory species and frugivores. For example, the spectral bat, the largest bat in the Americas, eats vertebrate prey, including small, dove-sized birds. Members of this family have evolved to use food groups such as fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, frogs, other bats, and small vertebrates, and in the case of the vampire bats, even blood.
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas FRS FZS was a British zoologist.
The dark long-tongued bat is a bat species from South and Central America. It was formerly considered monotypic within the genus Lichonycteris.
The pygmy long-eared bat is a vespertilionid bat, found in the north of the Australian continent. An insectivorous flying hunter, they are one of the tiniest mammals in Australia, weighing only a few grams and one or two inches long.
Underwood's long-tongued bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hylonycteris. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
The insular single leaf bat or Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.
Glossophaginae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats.
Dryadonycteris capixaba is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in South America. It is monotypic within the genus Dryadonycteris
Orcés’s long-tongued bat is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Ecuador.
The Tasmanian long-eared bat is a species of vesper bat endemic to Tasmania.
The pale brown long-nosed bat is a species of leaf-nosed bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found across South America. It is apparently gregarious and lives in social groups.
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