Orcés's long-tongued bat
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Lonchophylla |
Species: | L. orcesi
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Binomial name | |
Lonchophylla orcesi Albuja & Gardner, 2005
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Range of L. orcesi |
Orcés’s long-tongued bat (Lonchophylla orcesi) is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Ecuador.
Taxonomy and etymology[]
It was described as a new species in 2005. The holotype had been collected in 1985. The eponym for the species name "orcesi" is , a "pioneer of Ecuadorian research on vertebrates."[2]
Description[]
It is one of the larger species within Lonchophylla with a forearm length of 47 mm (1.9 in) and a weight of 22 g (0.78 oz). Its back fur is pale brown, while its belly fur is a paler, yellowish-gray brown. Its nose-leaf, ears, tragi, and uropatagium are blackish in color.[2]
Range and habitat[]
It is endemic to Ecuador. The one known individual was collected within the Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve, a "very humid pre-montane forest."[2]
Conservation[]
As of 2015, it is evaluated as data deficient by the IUCN. The holotype is the only individual to have been documented, as of 2015.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Burneo, S.; Tirira, D.G. (2015). "Lonchophylla orcesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T136735A22037057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136735A22037057.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Albuja v, Luis; Gardner, Alfred L. (2005). "A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118 (2): 442–449. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[442:ANSOLT]2.0.CO;2.
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Bats of South America
- Endemic fauna of Ecuador
- Mammals of Ecuador
- Mammals described in 2005
- Lonchophylla