Dekeyser's nectar bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri) is a small nectar-feeding bat of the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae, found in Brazil and Bolivia and tied to the Cerrado of Brazil. It was first encountered in August 1970 in Brasilia National Park and described in 1983 by Valdir Taddei, Luiz Vizotto and Ivan Sazima, who named it for the French zoologist Pierre Louis Dekeyser. An adult weighs about 10.7 grams and has a forearm about 35 millimetres long, with a short skull for its genus. It roosts by day in caves in dry forests with calcareous outcroppings, emerges shortly after dusk and feeds mainly on nectar from Bauhinia, Hymenaea, Luehea, Lafoensia and Pseudobombax plants, adding insects and fruit in the wet season. It is listed as endangered because its population likely numbers under 2,500 and is split into patchy subpopulations; indiscriminate vampire bat culling and mining of karst landscapes threaten it.
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Dekeyser's nectar bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri) is a bat species found in Brazil and Bolivia. It is a member of the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae.
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Dekeyser's nectar bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri) is a bat species found in Brazil and Bolivia. It is a member of the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae.
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Conservation
In 2016, its status was again revised to endangered.
Biology and ecology
It feeds on nectar.
Biology and ecology, activity pattern
They emerge from their roosts shortly after dusk, and return just before dawn in the rainy season.
Conservation, threats
Because it is associated with karstic landscapes, it is threatened by disturbance from mining.
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Dekeyser's nectar bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri) is a bat species found in Brazil and Bolivia. It is a member of the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae.
In Ecosystem: Cerrado, Habitat and range
This bat is endemic to the Cerrado of Brazil.
In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Habitat and range
It is found in dry forests with calcareous outcroppings.
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