Lichonycteris degener

G. S. Miller, 1931

Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Glossophaginae
Tribe : Choeronycterini
Genus : Lichonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1931-11-11. Two new South American bats. Journal of Mammalogy 12(4):411-412.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1373771

Original name as described

Lichonycteris degener

Other common names

Pale Brown Long-nosed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:239520

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Para," Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname? · French Guiana · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

split from L. obscura

Taxonomy notes citation

Griffiths, T. A., & A. L. Gardner. 2008. Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845. Pp. 224-244 in Mammals of South America. Volume 1. Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats (Gardner, A. L., ed.). The University of Chicago Press. Chicago.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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