Fernandez's sword-nosed bat, Lonchorhina fernandezi, is a bat of the family Phyllostomidae and the smallest species of its genus, weighing about 10 grams. It is endemic to Venezuela and is known only from the states of Amazonas and Bolívar, where open savanna with rocky granite outcrops is rapidly being lost to cattle ranching. It forms colonies in caves and tunnels, and all 45 specimens examined have been male. Beetles and moths make up much of its diet. It is named for the Venezuelan zoologist Alberto Fernandez Badillo, who studied vampire bats. Habitat loss and the poisoning of caves in misguided vampire bat control threaten it, and it is listed as endangered because fewer than 250 mature individuals are thought to remain.
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It is endemic to Venezuela.
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Conservation
They are listed as endangered
Biology and ecology
Beetles and moths comprise a large portion of their diets
Distribution
The habitat where the bats have been found is being lost rapidly to cattle ranching.
Distribution, living or extinct
Fernandez's sword-nosed bat is only known from two states in Venezuela
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This area, the Llanos, is characterized by open savanna with rocky, granite outcrops.
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It is endemic to Venezuela.
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