Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat

Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Lonchorhina
Species:
L. marinkellei
Binomial name
Lonchorhina marinkellei
Camacho & Cadena, 1978

Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat (Lonchorhina marinkellei) is a bat species found in Colombia. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[2] Its species name marinkellei was chosen to honor the Dutch scientist Cornelis Johannes Marinkelle, who worked in Colombia.[3]

  1. ^ Solari, S. (2016). "Lonchorhina marinkellei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12272A22038923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12272A22038923.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). batcon.org. Bat Conservation International. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Beolens, B., Watkins, M., & Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press.