| Phyllostomus | |
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| Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllostominae |
| Genus: | Phyllostomus Lacépède, 1799 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio hastatus Pallas, 1767 | |
| Species | |
Phyllostomus is a genus of leaf-nosed bat. [1] It contains four described species.
Genus Phyllostomus - spear-nosed bats
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.
The pale spear-nosed bat is a species of phyllostomid bat from South and Central America.
The lesser spear-nosed bat is a bat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
The greater spear-nosed bat is a bat species of the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America. It is one of the larger bats of this region and is omnivorous.
The Guianan spear-nosed bat is a bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
Phyllostominae is a subfamily of bats that include big-eared, spear-nosed, sword-nosed bats and relatives.
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