Animalz

Lonchorhina

  • Common Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina aurita
    Common Sword-nosed Bat
    Photo: Lucas Lauretto · CC BY-SA 4.0

    The common sword-nosed bat ranges from southern Mexico through Central America into South America. It is found mainly in forests and eats insects.

  • Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina fernandezi

    Fernandez's sword-nosed bat is a small cave-roosting bat known only from northern Amazonas and northwestern Bolívar in Venezuela. It has a long noseleaf and large ears and feeds on insects.

  • Uncommon Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina inusitata

    This bat has records from lowland rainforests in northern South America. The type specimen was caught above a small swamp in Venezuela.

  • Chiribiquete Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina mankomara

    The Chiribiquete Sword-nosed Bat was described from Chiribiquete National Natural Park in Colombia. Its long noseleaf is distinctive; the original authors suggested that nearby lowland rocky outcrops may be its habitat.

  • Marinkelle's Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina marinkellei

    This bat has a long pointed noseleaf and dark-brown fur that is paler underneath. It is known from one locality in eastern Colombia, and little is known about its behavior beyond cave roosting.

  • Orinoco Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina orinocensis

    The Orinoco sword-nosed bat has a long, pointed noseleaf and was recorded at three sites in the northern Colombian Amazon. Detailed information about its way of life remains limited.

  • Common Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina aurita

    The common sword-nosed bat ranges from southern Mexico through Central America into South America. It is found mainly in forests and eats insects.