The dark long-tongued bat (Lichonycteris obscura) is a small nectar-feeding bat of Central and South America, described by Oldfield Thomas in 1895. It was long the only species of its genus Lichonycteris until the pale brown long-nosed bat was split from it. Adults weigh 6 to 11 grams, have a forearm of 29.8 to 35.5 millimetres, tricolored fur and a long calcar, and lack lower incisors. It ranges from southern Chiapas in Mexico through Central America to the Andes and Amazon basin of South America, up to about 1,000 metres, mostly in old-growth forest but also in disturbed habitats and plantations. It feeds on nectar, pollen and insects and pollinates plants such as Marcgravia lianas and the cactus Weberocereus tunilla, and breeds in the dry season. The IUCN rates it Least Concern, though Ecuador lists it as vulnerable and deforestation and fragmentation threaten it.
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It occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, and western Ecuador, and on the Amazonia slope in Peru and Bolivia.
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In South America, it if found in the Andean region of the Amazon versant from Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana to the Amazon Basin in Brazil.
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It occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, and western Ecuador, and on the Amazonia slope in Peru and Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Dark long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
It occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, and western Ecuador, and on the Amazonia slope in Peru and Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Dark long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)
In South America, it if found in the Andean region of the Amazon versant from Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana to the Amazon Basin in Brazil.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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The dark long-tongued bat is found from southern Chiapas in Mexico south through all of Central America.
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Source Dark long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
It occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, and western Ecuador, and on the Amazonia slope in Peru and Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Dark long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)
In South America, it if found in the Andean region of the Amazon versant from Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana to the Amazon Basin in Brazil.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Dark long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
It occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, and western Ecuador, and on the Amazonia slope in Peru and Bolivia.
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Status
The dark long-tongued bat is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN on the IUCN Red List, due to its widespread distribution and presence in protected areas.
Biology, diet
The dark long-tongued bat feeds on nectar, pollen, and insects.
Distribution and habitat
It occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, and western Ecuador, and on the Amazonia slope in Peru and Bolivia.
Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The dark long-tongued bat is found from southern Chiapas in Mexico south through all of Central America.
Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)
In South America, it if found in the Andean region of the Amazon versant from Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana to the Amazon Basin in Brazil.
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The dark long-tongued bat (Lichonycteris obscura) is a species of bat from South and Central America.
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