Lonchophylla orcesi

L. Albuja & A. L. Gardner, 2005

Orces's 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

Albuja, L. and Gardner, A.L. 2005-06. A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2):442-449.

Original name as described

Lonchophylla orcesi

Other common names

Orces's Nectar Bat

Type material

EPN 851241

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Los Pambiles 00°32'N, 78°38'W, Río Piedras, Cordillera de Toisán, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Albuja, L., & Gardner, A. L. (2005). A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(2), 442-449.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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