Peracchi's nectar bat

Peracchi's nectar bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Lonchophylla
Species:
L. peracchii
Binomial name
Lonchophylla peracchii
Días et al., 2013

Peracchi's nectar bat (Lonchophylla peracchii) is a species of nectar-feeding bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It was first described from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil.[1]

Description

The discovery of this species as distinct from Lonchophylla bokermanni has meant that the latter is restricted to a small area of the Cerrado, and might be endangered due to habitat destruction.[1][2]

Bat species in the genus Lonchophylla feed on nectar and differ from fruit-eating bats by having a long, extensible tongues and elongated skulls and muzzles, adapted to their feeding behaviour. L. peracchii is distinguished from L. bokermanni by its fur color and ear shape; the Cerrado species has a grayer hue and shorter, rounder ears.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Dias, Daniela; Esbérard, Carlos Eduardo L.; Moratelli, Ricardo (2013). "A new species of Lonchophylla (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, with comments on L. bokermanni". Zootaxa. 3722 (3): 347–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26171531.
  2. ^ "Discovery of a new species of nectar-feeding bat from Brazil's Atlantic Forest reveals another critically endangered Brazilian Cerrado species". WildlifeExtra. WildlifeExtra. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. ^ Millar, Natalie (15 November 2013). "New bat species discovered in Brazil leaves another at risk". Mongabay. Mongabay. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

Further reading

  • Teixeira, Tiago Souto Martins, et al. "First record of Lonchophylla peracchii Dias, Esbérard and Moratelli, 2013 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil." Oecologia Australis 17.3 (2013).