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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Phyllostomidae
--> SUBFAMILY Glossophaginae
--> TRIBE Glossophagini
--> GENUS Choeronycteris
SPECIES Choeronycteris mexicana
| Author: | Tschudi, 1844. | | Citation: | Fauna Peruana, 1: 72. | | Common Name: | Mexican Long-tongued Bat | | Type Locality: | Mexico. | | Distribution: | Honduras and El Salvador to S California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico (USA); a single record from S Texas; perhaps Venezuela (Koopman, 1993). | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Does not include ponsi, which is now recognized as a subspecies of Choeroniscus periosus; see Koopman (1994). See Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (1987). |
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