''Lonchorhina'' is a genus of

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and

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bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

s in the family Phyllostomidae.

Species

Genus ''Lonchorhina'' - Sword-nosed bats *

Tomes's sword-nosed bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat (''Lonchorhina aurita''), also known as the common sword-nosed bat is a bat species from South and Central America. It is also found in the Bahamas, but is known from only one specimen collected on the island of New Provid ...

, ''Lonchorhina aurita'' - Tomes, 1863 *

Fernandez's sword-nosed bat Fernandez's sword-nosed bat (''Lonchorhina fernandezi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the smallest species of the '' Lonchorhina'' genus. It is endemic to Venezuela. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this ...

, ''Lonchorhina fernandezi'' - Ochoa & Ibanez, 1982 *

Northern sword-nosed bat The northern sword-nosed bat (''Lonchorhina inusitata'') is a bat species found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Ven ...

, ''Lonchorhina inusitata'' - Handley & Ochoa, 1997 *

Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat (''Lonchorhina marinkellei'') is a bat species found in Colombia. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation. Its species name ...

, ''Lonchorhina marinkellei'' - Camacho & Cadena, 1978 *

Orinoco sword-nosed bat The Orinoco sword-nosed bat (''Lonchorhina orinocensis'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República ...

, ''Lonchorhina orinocensis'' - Linares & Ojasti, 1971 * Chiribiquete sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina mankomara'' - Mantilla-Meluk & Montenegro, 2016

References

Bat genera Taxa named by Robert Fisher Tomes {{leafnosed-bat-stub