Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Phyllostomidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Chiroptera Genus Lonchophylla | |
Similar Lonchophylla, Lonchophylla inexpectata, Dekeyser's nectar bat, Brazilian big‑eyed bat, Dark fruit‑eating bat | ||
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.
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.
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.
References
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