Proboscis bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Emballonuridae |
Genus: | Rhynchonycteris Peters, 1867 |
Species: | R. naso
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchonycteris naso (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
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Proboscis bat range | |
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The proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) is a species of bat found in South America and Central America. Other common names include long-nosed proboscis bat, sharp-nosed bat,[2] Brazilian long-nosed bat.[3] and river bat.[4] It is the only species in the genus Rhynchonycteris.
This species is in the family Emballonuridae, the sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. Like most bats, it is nocturnal. It is found from southern Mexico to Belize, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil, as well as in Trinidad.[1][5][6]