Long-snouted bat

Long-snouted bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Platalina
Thomas, 1928
Species:
P. genovensium
Binomial name
Platalina genovensium
Thomas, 1928

The long-snouted bat (Platalina genovensium) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.[2] It is the only species within the genus Platalina.[2][3] It is endemic to northern Peru and northern Chile.[1][4] It feeds almost exclusively on the nectar and fruit of the columnar cactus.[5] The species is rare, but has a wide distribution with at least 25 populations, and is listed as near-threatened due to habitat loss causing the removal of their primary food source.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Pacheco, V.; Aguirre, L. (2016). "Platalina genovensium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17487A21988884. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17487A21988884.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 403. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Sahley, C.T.; Baraybar, L. (1996). "Natural History of the Long-Snouted Bat, Platalina genovensium (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) in Southwestern Peru" (PDF). Vida Silvestre Neotropical. 5 (2). Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Catherine T. Sahley (October 1996). "Bat and Hummingbird Pollination of an Autotetraploid Columnar Cactus, Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri (Cactaceae)" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 83 (10): 1329–1336. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1996.tb13918.x. JSTOR 2446118.
  5. ^ "Long-snouted bat videos, photos and facts - Platalina genovensium | ARKive". 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2022.