Glossophaga
Glossophaga is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae.[1] Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics.
| Glossophaga | |
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| Commissaris's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga commissarisi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Glossophaginae |
| Genus: | Glossophaga E. Geoffroy, 1818 |
| Species | |
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G. commissarisi | |
Species
- G. commissarisi (Gardner, 1962): Commissaris's long-tongued bat - Central and South America.
- G. leachii (Gray, 1844): gray long-tongued bat - Mexico, Central America.
- G. longirostris (Miller, 1898): Miller's long-tongued bat - Northern South America, Windward Islands.
- G. morenoi (Martinez & Villa, 1938): western long-tongued bat - Mexico.
- G. soricina (Pallas, 1766): Pallas's long-tongued bat - Central and South America.
References
- Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 13 September 2009
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