Biology:Saussure's long-nosed bat

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Short description: Species of mammals belonging to the New World leaf-nosed bat family

Saussure's long-nosed bats
Leptonycteris nivalis.jpg
Greater long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Leptonycteris
Lydekker, 1891
Type species
Ischnoglossa nivalis
Saussure, 1860
Species

Leptonycteris curasoae
Leptonycteris nivalis
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

The Saussure's long-nosed bats or Mexican long-nosed bats form the genus Leptonycteris within the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae.[1] Like all members of the family, they are native to the Americas. According to ITIS, three species are currently recognised, though varying placements of the populations into species and subspecies will be encountered. The species recognised by ITIS are:

In view of the thorough ambiguity of the term "Mexican long-nosed bat", which can refer to the genus or to either of two of its species, the alternative common names are preferable.

These migratory bats are the main pollinators of several nocturnal blooming cactus species.

See also

  • Bats of the United States

References


Wikidata ☰ Q2636803 entry