Lonchorhina

Lonchorhina
Tomes's sword-nosed bat (Lonchorhina aurita)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Subfamily:	Lonchorhininae
Genus:	Lonchorhina Tomes, 1863
Type species
Lonchorhina aurita Tomes, 1863
Species
L. aurita L. fernandezi L. inusitata L. marinkellei L. orinocensis

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
• Chiribiquete sword-nosed bat, Lonchorhina mankomara - Mantilla-Meluk & Montenegro, 2016 ^[2]
• Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat, Lonchorhina marinkellei - Camacho & Cadena, 1978
• Orinoco sword-nosed bat, Lonchorhina orinocensis - Linares & Ojasti, 1971

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. "Lonchorhina mankomara". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 14 December 2023.