Fernandez's sword-nosed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Lonchorhina |
Species: | L. fernandezi
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Binomial name | |
Lonchorhina fernandezi Ochoa & Ibanez, 1982
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Fernandez's sword-nosed bat (Lonchorhina fernandezi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the smallest species of the Lonchorhina genus.[2] It is endemic to Venezuela. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss. It derives its scientific name from a Venezuelan zoologist, Dr. Alberto Fernandez Badillo, whose research focused on vampire bats, in particular.[4]
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