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Glossophaga (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderChiroptera
  5. FamilyPhyllostomidae
Observations recorded49,295

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
920
With media
8
Family
Phyllostomidae
Collections
MSU, IBUNAM, AMNH, MVZ, UWBM, MSB
Recorded in
Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Bolivia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Glossophaga commissarisi.jpg
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Commons category
Glossophaga
topic's main category
Category:Glossophaga
taxon name
Glossophaga
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
Long-tongued Bats.
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Encyclopedic overview

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Glossophaga (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics.

==Species== G. antillarum (Rehn, 1902): Jamaican long-tongued bat, Jamaica. G. bakeri (Webster & J. K. Jones, 1987): Baker's long-tongued bat, South America. G. commissarisi (Gardner, 1962): Commissaris's long-tongued bat - Central and South America. G. leachii (Gray, 1844): gray long-tongued bat - Mexico, Central America. G. longirostris (Miller, 1898): Miller's long-tongued bat - Northern South America, Windward Islands. G. morenoi (Martinez & Villa, 1938): western long-tongued bat - Mexico. G. mutica (Merriam, 1898): Merriam's long-tongued bat, Mexico, Central America, northern South America G. soricina (Pallas, 1766): Pallas's long-tongued bat - Central and South America. G. valens (Miller, 1913): Ecuadorian long-tongued bat - Ecuador and Peru.

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