Lonchorhina aurita - #1611
Common Sword-nosed Bat
Side view of adult suspended in air, noseleaf and ear in focus
Geographic Distribution
Oaxaca (Mexico) south to SE Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; Trinidad; perhaps New Providence Isl (Bahama Isls)
Order/Family
Phyllostomidae
Genus
Lonchorhina
Specific Epithet
aurita
Image Date
9/16/2001
Photographer
B. D. Patterson