HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Phyllostomidae
--> SUBFAMILY Glossophaginae
--> TRIBE Glossophagini
--> GENUS Leptonycteris
SPECIES Leptonycteris nivalis
Author: | Saussure, 1860. | Citation: | Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12: 492. | Common Name: | Mexican Long-nosed Bat | Type Locality: | Mexico, Veracruz, Mt. Orizaba. | Distribution: | SE Arizona, S New Mexico, and W Texas (USA) to S Mexico and Guatemala. | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Endangered. | Comments: | Does not include yerbabuenae; see Watkins et al. (1972) and Hall (1981). See Hensley and Wilkins (1988). |
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