Lonchophylla fornicata

Woodman, 2007

Pacific Forest Long-tongued Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Lonchophyllinae
Tribe : Lonchophyllini
Genus : Lonchophylla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Woodman, N. 2007-10-17. A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from western Colombia and western Ecuador (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120(3):340-358.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[340:ANSONB]2.0.CO;2

Original name as described

Lonchophylla fornicata

Other common names

Pacific Forest Nectar Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:483360

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b8fe4c1c-f31b-4e30-8ed0-84d783cd3629

Type locality

"29 km SE of Buenaventura, 75 m elevation, east bank of Río Zabaletas, across from the village of Zabaletas (3°44'N, 75°57'W), Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Woodman, N. (2007). A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from western Colombia and western Ecuador (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 120(3), 340-358.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004933

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lonchophylla fornicata

Woodman, 2007

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

fornicata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:483360

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b8fe4c1c-f31b-4e30-8ed0-84d783cd3629

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88150313/166613263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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