Lonchorhina inusitata

Handley & Ochoa, 1997

Uncommon 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

Handley, C.O., Jr. and Ochoa, J.R. 1997. New species of mammals from northern South America: A sword-nosed bat, genus Lonchorhina Tomes (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 57(148):71-82.

Original name as described

Lonchorhina inusitata

Other common names

Hairy-faced Sword-nosed Bat · Northern Sword-nosed Bat

Type material

EBRG 17732

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Boca Mavaca, 84 km SSE Esmeralda, 2°30'N–65°13'W, 138 m, Amazonas, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004946

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.

Lonchorhina inusitata

Handley & Ochoa, 1997

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

inusitata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBRG 17732

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40027/22064066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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