Bokermann's nectar bat, Lonchophylla bokermanni, is a nectar-feeding bat endemic to Brazil. Ivan Sazima and Marlies Sazima found it in 1974 in Serra do Cipó National Park, and Ivan Sazima, Luiz Vizotto and Valdir Taddei described it in 1978, naming it for the Brazilian herpetologist Werner Carlos Augusto Bokermann. It is a larger member of its genus, with a forearm of roughly 39 to 41 millimetres and a weight of about 12 grams. It forages alone by trap-lining, hovering at flowers such as Encholirium glaziovii and Bauhinia for visits that last tenths of a second. It is confirmed only from the Cerrado of Minas Gerais, and the IUCN uplisted it to endangered in 2016 after a 2013 analysis showed that the Atlantic Forest population was a separate species, Peracchi's nectar bat.
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Source GBIF: GBIF Backbone species match: Lonchophylla bokermanni
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It is endemic to Brazil.
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is listed as an endangered species
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It feeds on nectar
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It is only found in the Cerrado of Brazil.
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It is endemic to Brazil.
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"family": "Phyllostomidae"
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