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--> GENUS Lonchorhina
SPECIES Lonchorhina fernandezi
Author: | Ochoa and Ibáñez, 1982. | Citation: | Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 42: 147. | Common Name: | Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Amazonas, 40-50 km (by road) NE Puerto Ayacucho. | Distribution: | S Venezuela. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. | Comments: | orinocensis species group. Known only from the type locality. Some specimens previously referred to this species actually represent inusitata; see Handley and Ochoa (1997). |
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