Glossophaginae is a
subfamily of
leaf-nosed bat
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order ...
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List of species
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
* Tribe
Glossophagini
**Genus: ''
Anoura'' - Geoffroy's long-nosed bats
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Anoura aequatoris''
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Cadena's tailless bat, ''Anoura cadenai''
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Tailed tailless bat, ''Anoura caudifera''
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Handley's tailless bat, ''Anoura cultrata''
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Tube-lipped nectar bat, ''Anoura fistulata''
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Geoffroy's tailless bat
Geoffroy's tailless bat (''Anoura geoffroyi'') is a species of phyllostomid bat from the American tropics.
Description
Geoffroy's tailless bat is a medium-sized bat, measuring around in total length and weighing . It has dark to dull brown fur o ...
, ''Anoura geoffroyi''
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Broad-toothed tailless bat, ''Anoura latidens''
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Luis Manuel's tailless bat, ''Anoura luismanueli''
**Genus: ''
Choeroniscus''
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Godman's long-tailed bat, ''Choeroniscus godmani''
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Greater long-tailed bat, ''Choeroniscus periosus''
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Minor long-nosed long-tongued bat
The lesser long-tongued bat (''Choeroniscus minor''), also called the lesser long-tailed bat, is a bat species from South America.
Description
Relatively small among bats, members of this species have a total length of , a forearm around long, ...
, ''Choeroniscus minor''
**Genus: ''
Choeronycteris''
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Mexican long-tongued bat (hog-nosed bat), ''Choeronycteris mexicana''
**Genus: ''
Dryadonycteris''
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Dryades bat, ''Dryadonycteris capixaba''
**Genus: ''
Glossophaga
''Glossophaga'' (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics.
Species
*''G. antillarum'' (Rehn, 1902): Jamaican long-tongued bat, Jamaica.
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Commissaris's long-tongued bat
Commissaris's long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga commissarisi'') is a bat species from South and Central America.
Description
The bat's length ranges from 43 to 65 mm, has a wingspan of 32 to 42 mm, and weighs on average 9.3 to 9.5 grams ...
, ''Glossophaga commissarisi''
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Gray long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga leachii''
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Miller's long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga longirostris''
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Western long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga morenoi''
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Pallas's long-tongued bat
Pallas's long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga soricina'') is a South and Central American bat with a fast metabolism that feeds on nectar.
Metabolism
It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds. Althou ...
, ''Glossophaga soricina''
**Genus: ''
Hylonycteris''
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Underwood's long-tongued bat
Underwood's long-tongued bat (''Hylonycteris underwoodi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Hylonycteris''. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Hylonycteri ...
, ''Hylonycteris underwoodi''
**Genus: ''
Leptonycteris'' - Saussure's long-nosed bats
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Southern long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris curasoae''
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Big long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris nivalis''
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Lesser long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris yerbabuenae''
**Genus: ''
Lichonycteris''
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Dark long-tongued bat, ''Lichonycteris obscura''
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Pale brown long-nosed bat, ''Lichonycteris degener''
**Genus: ''
Monophyllus''
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Insular single leaf bat
The insular single leaf bat or Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat (''Monophyllus plethodon'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found on the Lesser Antilles, on Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, M ...
, ''Monophyllus plethodon''
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Leach's single leaf bat, ''Monophyllus redmani''
**Genus: ''
Musonycteris''
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Banana bat (Colima long-nosed bat), ''Musonycteris harrisoni''
**Genus: ''
Scleronycteris''
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Ega long-tongued bat, ''Scleronycteris ega''
* Tribe
Lonchophyllini
**Genus: ''
Lionycteris''
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Chestnut long-tongued bat
The chestnut long-tongued bat (''Lionycteris spurrelli'') is a bat species from South and Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United St ...
, ''Lionycteris spurrelli''
**Genus: ''
Lonchophylla''
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Bokermann's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla bokermanni''
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Cadena's long-tongued bat, ''Lonchophylla cadenai''
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Chocoan long-tongued bat, ''Lonchophylla chocoana''
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Lonchophylla concava''
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Dekeyser's nectar bat
Dekeyser's nectar bat (''Lonchophylla dekeyseri'') is a bat species found in Brazil and Bolivia.Griffiths, T.A. and Gardner, A.L. 2008. Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845. In: A.L. Gardner (ed.), Mammals of South America. Volume 1, pp. 224 ...
, ''Lonchophylla dekeyseri''
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Arched nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla fornicata''
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Handley's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla handleyi''
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Western nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla hesperia''
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Godman's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla mordax''
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Orcés’s long-tongued bat, ''Lonchophylla orcesi''
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Lonchophylla orienticollina''
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Patton's long-tongued bat, ''Lonchophylla pattoni''
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Orange nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla robusta''
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Thomas's nectar bat
Thomas's nectar bat (''Lonchophylla thomasi'') is a bat species from South and Central America. Thomas's nectar bat pollinates the vine ''Marcgravia
''Marcgravia'' is a genus of plants in the Marcgraviaceae family commonly eaten by the dwarf l ...
, ''Lonchophylla thomasi''
**Genus: ''
Platalina''
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Long-snouted bat
The long-snouted bat (''Platalina genovensium'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Platalina''. It is endemic to northern Peru and northern Chile. It feeds almost exclusively on the nect ...
, ''Platalina genovensium''
**Genus: ''
Xeronycteris
Vieira's long-tongued bat (''Xeronycteris vieirai'') is a species of bat from northeastern Brazil, discovered in 2005 by Gregorin and Ditchfield. It is the only species in the genus ''Xeronycteris''.
References
Phyllostomidae
Bats of Braz ...
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Vieira's long-tongued bat, ''Xeronycteris vieirai''
References
Phyllostomidae
Mammal subfamilies
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
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