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Lesser long-nosed bat

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The lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is a medium-sized bat found in Central and North America, also called Sanborn's long-nosed bat. It was first described as a subspecies of the greater long-nosed bat before being confirmed as a distinct species, and its scientific name comes from the type locality near Yerbabuena in Guerrero, Mexico. Adults are about 8 centimetres long and weigh 15 to 25 grams, with yellow-brown or grey fur above, rusty brown fur below, a long narrow snout with a small triangular nose-leaf and no visible tail. Its tongue is adapted for lapping nectar, and it feeds mainly on nectar from night-blooming plants such as saguaro, organ pipe cactus and agaves, so it is an important pollinator of night-blooming cactus. It roosts by day in caves or abandoned mines in colonies of up to several thousand, and northern populations migrate as summer visitors to Arizona, New Mexico and southern California, in some cases up to 1,600 kilometres.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
Diet
Nectarivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 1
Relationship to People
Pollinator 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Body Size Band
Medium 2
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Lifespan
8 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Phyllostomidae, Taxa
Source Animal Diversity Web: Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
Xeric Shrubland, Biomes
Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Sonoran Desert, Ecosystems
Source Animal Diversity Web: Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Arizona

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
In the north, they reach southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.
California

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
In the north, they reach southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.
El Salvador

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
They are found year-round in the western and southern parts of Mexico, and along the east coast, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
Guatemala

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
They are found year-round in the western and southern parts of Mexico, and along the east coast, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
Honduras

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
They are found year-round in the western and southern parts of Mexico, and along the east coast, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
Mexico

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
They are found year-round in the western and southern parts of Mexico, and along the east coast, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
New Mexico

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
In the north, they reach southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web: Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
Animal Diversity Web
  • Conservation Status, IUCN Red List
    IUCN Red List Vulnerable
  • Conservation Status, CITES
    CITES No special status
  • Food Habits
    The diet of lesser long-nosed bats consists of nectar and pollen from the night-blooming
  • Food Habits, diet
    They also feed on the pulp of cactus fruit.
  • Habitat Regions
    terrestrial
  • Conservation Status
    Destruction of its primary food resources and general habitat by the tequila industry and agriculture is threatening
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
    Lesser long-nosed bats help to pollinate agave, from which tequila is made
  • Key Behaviors
    nocturnal
  • Geographic Range
    Arid and semi-arid regions of Mexico and southwestern United States, including the Sonoran Desert.
  • Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Scientific Classification, Family
    New World leaf-nosed bats
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2. Lesser long-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution and habitat
    They are found year-round in the western and southern parts of Mexico, and along the east coast, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
  • Distribution and habitat, where it lives
    In the north, they reach southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.
  • Reproduction
    They are known to live for up to at least eight years in the wild.
  • Lead
    is a medium-sized bat found in Central and North America
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