Choeroniscus (long-tailed bat) is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.[1]
Choeroniscus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Subfamily: | Glossophaginae |
Genus: | Choeroniscus Thomas, 1928 |
Type species | |
Choeronycteris minor Peters, 1868
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Species | |
It contains the following species:
- Godman's long-tailed bat (Choeroniscus godmani)
- Lesser long-tongued bat (Choeroniscus minor)
- Greater long-tailed bat (Choeroniscus periosus)
References
edit- ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 13 September 2009