Lonchorhina aurita Tomes 1863

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 405

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11326348
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scientific name	Lonchorhina aurita Tomes 1863
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Lonchorhina aurita Tomes 1863 View in CoL

Lonchorhina aurita Tomes 1863 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863: 83.

Type Locality: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad.

Vernacular Names: Common Sword-nosed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lonchorhina aurita subsp. aurita Tomes 1863

Subspecies Lonchorhina aurita subsp. occidentalis Anthony 1923

Distribution: Oaxaca ( Mexico) south to SE Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; Trinidad; perhaps New Providence Isl (Bahama Isls), see Jones and Carter (1976).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: aurita species group. Includes occidentalis; see Jones and Carter (1976). See Lassieur and Wilson (1989) and Handley and Ochoa (1997). Some specimens previously referred to this species actually represent inusitata ; see Handley and Ochoa (1997).