Lonchorhina fernandezi

Ochoa & Ibáñez, 1984

Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Lonchorhininae
Genus : Lonchorhina

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ochoa, J.R. and Ibáñez, C. 1984. Nuevo murciélago del género Lonchorhina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 42:145-159.

Original name as described

Lonchorhina fernandezi

Type material

MHNLS 5030

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"entre Puerto Ayacucho y El Burro," 40–50 km NE of Puerto Ayacucho (along the highway), Amazonas, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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