Lesser Long-nosed Bat
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

 

• Order: Chiroptera
• Family: Phyllostomatidae (Leaf-nosed Bats)
• Species: Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (lep-toh-NICK-ter-iss yer-bah-BUEN-ee)
• Common English Names: Lesser Long-nosed Bat
• Common Spanish Names: Murciélago hocicudo de Yerbabuena, Murciélago magueyero chico

 

Fig. 1. Lesser Long-nosed Bat. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fig. 2. Skull and lower jaw of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae. Laboratory for Environmental Biology specimen. Photograph by A.H. Harris.

Web Resources

§ Southwest Research Station, American Museum of Natural History.

Last Update: 18 Jun 2006