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Peracchi's nectar bat

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Species of bat

Peracchi's nectar bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Lonchophylla
Species: L. peracchii
Binomial name
Lonchophylla peracchii
Días et al., 2013

Peracchi's nectar bat (Lonchophylla peracchii) is a species of nectar-feeding bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It was first described from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil.

Description

The discovery of this species as distinct from Lonchophylla bokermanni has meant that the latter is restricted to a small area of the Cerrado, and might be endangered due to habitat destruction.

Bat species in the genus Lonchophylla feed on nectar and differ from fruit-eating bats by having a long, extensible tongues and elongated skulls and muzzles, adapted to their feeding behaviour. L. peracchii is distinguished from L. bokermanni by its fur color and ear shape; the Cerrado species has a grayer hue and shorter, rounder ears.

References

  1. ^ Dias, Daniela; Esbérard, Carlos Eduardo L.; Moratelli, Ricardo (2013). "A new species of Lonchophylla (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, with comments on L. bokermanni". Zootaxa. 3722 (3): 347–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26171531.
  2. "Discovery of a new species of nectar-feeding bat from Brazil's Atlantic Forest reveals another critically endangered Brazilian Cerrado species". WildlifeExtra. WildlifeExtra. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. Millar, Natalie (15 November 2013). "New bat species discovered in Brazil leaves another at risk". Mongabay. Mongabay. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

Further reading

  • Teixeira, Tiago Souto Martins, et al. "First record of Lonchophylla peracchii Dias, Esbérard and Moratelli, 2013 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil." Oecologia Australis 17.3 (2013).
Extant species of family Phyllostomidae
Brachyphyllinae
Brachyphylla
Carolliinae
Carollia
(Short-tailed
leaf-nosed bats)
Rhinophylla
Desmodontinae
(vampire bats)
Desmodus
Diaemus
Diphylla
Phyllonycterinae
Erophylla
Phyllonycteris
Subfamily Glossophaginae
Glossophagini
Anoura
(Geoffroy's
long-nosed bats)
Choeroniscus
Choeronycteris
DryadonycterisD. capixaba
Glossophaga
Hylonycteris
Leptonycteris
(Saussure's
long-nosed bats)
Lichonycteris
Monophyllus
Musonycteris
Scleronycteris
Hsunycterini
Hsunycteris
Lonchophyllini
Lionycteris
Lonchophylla
Platalina
Xeronycteris
Subfamily Phyllostominae
Micronycterini
Glyphonycteris
Lampronycteris
Macrotus
(big-eared bats)
Micronycteris
(Little Big-eared
Bats)
Neonycteris
Trinycteris
Vampyrini
Chrotopterus
Lophostoma
Tonatia
(round-eared bats)
Trachops
Vampyrum
Lonchorhinini
Lonchorhina
(sword-nosed bats)
Macrophyllum
Mimon
(Gray's Spear-nosed
Bats)
Phyllostomatini
Phylloderma
Phyllostomus
(spear-nosed bats)
Subfamily Stenodermatinae
Ametrida
Ardops
Ariteus
Artibeus
(Neotropical fruit bats)
Centurio
Chiroderma
(big-eyed bats)
Dermanura
Ectophylla
Enchisthenes
Mesophylla
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Platyrrhinus
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Sphaeronycteris
Stenoderma
Sturnira
(yellow-shouldered bats)
Uroderma
(Tent-building bats)
Vampyressa
(yellow-eared bats)
Vampyriscus
Vampyrodes
Taxon identifiers
Lonchophylla peracchii
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