Vieira's long-tongued bat

Vieira's long-tongued bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Xeronycteris Gregorin & Ditchfield, 2005
Species:	X. vieirai
Binomial name
Xeronycteris vieirai Gregorin & Ditchfield, 2005
Vieira's long-tongued bat range

Vieira's long-tongued bat (Xeronycteris vieirai) is a species of bat from northeastern Brazil, discovered in 2005 by Gregorin and Ditchfield. ^[1] It is the only species in the genus Xeronycteris. ^[2]

References

1. Solari, S. (2015). "Xeronycteris vieirai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T136321A22021092. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136321A22021092.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Nogueira, Marcelo R.; Gregorin, Renato; Peracchi, Adriano L. (April 2014). "Emended diagnosis of Xeronycteris vieirai (Mammalia: Chiroptera), with the first record of polyodontia for the genus". Zoologia (Curitiba). 31 (2): 175–180. doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702014000200009 .