Lonchophylla peracchii

Lonchophylla peracchii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Lonchophylla
Species: L. peracchii
Binomial name
Lonchophylla peracchii
Días et al., 2013

Lonchophylla peracchii (known as the Peracchi's Nectar Bat) is a species of nectar-feeding bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It was first described from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil.[1]

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.[1][2]

Bat species in the Lonchophylla genus 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.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. "Discovery of a new species of nectar-feeding bat from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest reveals another critically endangered Brazilian Cerrado species". WildlifeExtra. WildlifeExtra. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. Millar, Natalie. "New bat species discovered in Brazil leaves another at risk". Mongabay. Mongabay. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

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