Dark long-tongue bat

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Dark long-tongue bat
Systematics
Order : Bats (chiroptera)
Superfamily : Hare's mouths (Noctilionoidea)
Family : Leaf noses (Phyllostomidae)
Subfamily : Lonchophyllinae
Genre : Lionycteris
Type : Dark long-tongue bat
Scientific name of the  genus
Lionycteris
Thomas , 1913
Scientific name of the  species
Lionycteris spurrelli
Thomas , 1913

The dark long- tongue bat ( Lionycteris spurrelli ) is a bat species in the monotypical genus Lionycteris within the leaf-nosed family (Phyllostomidae).

features

The head-trunk length is 50 mm, the tail is about 10 mm long. The species weighs around 9 g, males are on average slightly heavier than females. The fur is brown to reddish brown in color. Like other representatives of the subfamily Lonchophyllinae , Lionycteris spurrelli has an elongated snout and brush-like papillae on the long tongue. The nasal sheet is shorter and wider than that of the species of the genus Lonchophylla . Lionycteris spurrelli also differs from closely related leaf noses in the structure of the molar teeth .

Distribution and way of life

This bat species occurs in South America from the Amazon basin northwards and reaches the south of Panama . It can be found in the lowlands and in mountains up to 1400 meters above sea level. The habitat is mainly formed by rainforests and humid savannas . Lionycteris spurrelli continues to visit plantations and gardens.

Crevices and caves serve as a resting place for the species. Colonies with more than a thousand individuals occasionally form in the latter . Like the Lonchophylla species , Lionycteris spurrelli is believed to feed on nectar , pollen , fruits, and insects.

status

Lionycteris spurrelli is often found in karst regions . The World Conservation Union (IUCN) lists the species as "not endangered" ( Least Concern ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic Reference . 3. Edition. 2 volumes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (English, Lionycteris ).
  2. ^ A b c Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Volume 1. 6th edition. 1999, p. 372, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
  3. ^ Eisenberg & Redford (Eds.): Mammals of the Neotropics . tape 3 . University of Chicago Press, 2000, ISBN 0-226-19542-2 , pp. 156 (English, Lionycteris ).
  4. ↑ a b c Lionycteris spurrelli in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Sampaio, E., Lim, B., Peters, S., Samudio, R. & Pino, J., 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2015.