Underwood's long-tongued bat

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Underwood's long-tongued bat
Hylonycteris underwoodii.jpg
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Hylonycteris
Thomas, 1903
Species:
H. underwoodi
Binomial name
Hylonycteris underwoodi
Thomas, 1903
Distribution of Hylonycteris underwoodi.png

Underwood's long-tongued bat (Hylonycteris underwoodi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hylonycteris. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Hylonycteris underwoodi feed on nectar, pollen grains, agave and fruits.[2] This choice of food has allowed them to gain the ability of hovering flight, thereby evolving their body mass and size to compensate for the same.[3]

Taxonomy[]

It was described as a new species in 1903 by British mammalogist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype had been collected by Cecil F. Underwood, who is the eponym for the species name "underwoodi".[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Miller, B.; Reid, F.; Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Cuarón, A.D.; de Grammont, P.C. (2016). "Hylonycteris underwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10598A22036808. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10598A22036808.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Jones, J. Knox; Homan, Jacqueline A. (2 May 1974). "Hylonycteris underwoodi". Mammalian Species (32): 1. doi:10.2307/3503961.
  3. ^ Voigt, C. C.; Winter, Y. (1 February 1999). "Energetic cost of hovering flight in nectar-feeding bats (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) and its scaling in moths, birds and bats". Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 169 (1): 38–48. doi:10.1007/s003600050191.
  4. ^ Thomas, O. (1903). "XXXV.—Two new Glossophagine bats from central America". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 7. 11 (63): 286–288. doi:10.1080/00222930308678766.


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