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--> SUBFAMILY Glossophaginae
--> TRIBE Glossophagini
--> GENUS Glossophaga
SPECIES Glossophaga leachii
Author: | Gray, 1844. | Citation: | Mammalia, in Zool. Voy. "Sulfur,", 1: 18. | Common Name: | Gray's Long-tongued Bat | Type Locality: | Nicaragua, Chinandega, Realejo. | Distribution: | Costa Rica north to Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Tlaxcala, and Colima (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Originally considered a subspecies of soricina; see Jones and Carter (1976). Includes alticola; see Webster and Jones (1980). See Webster and Jones (1984). Solmsen (1998) treated morenoi as a synonym of leachii with no comment. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
alticola Davis, 1944 caudifer Gray, 1847
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