Striped hairy-nosed bat

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Striped hairy-nosed bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Gardnerycteris
Species:
G. crenulata
Binomial name
Gardnerycteris crenulata
Geoffroy, 1810
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The striped hairy-nosed bat (Gardnerycteris crenulata) is a bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. A feature unique to its species, its nose-leaf is elongated, spear-shaped, and covered in hair. [2]

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References

  1. Solari, S. (2019). "Gardnerycteris crenulatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13560A88177260. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13560A88177260.en .
  2. Taylor, Marianne; Tuttle, Merlin D. (2018). Bats: an illustrated guide to all species. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. ISBN   978-1-58834-647-6.