Tomes's sword-nosed bat
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L. aurita
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| Lonchorhina aurita Tomes, 1863
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Tomes's sword-nosed bat (Lonchorhina aurita), also known as the common sword-nosed bat is a bat species from South and Central America. It is also found in the Bahamas, as is known only from one specimen collected on the island of New Providence.
In 2006, the bat was rediscovered in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia by scientists Aideé Vargas and Kathrin Barboza Marquez. Prior to their find, it was believed that the bat had been extinct in Bolivia for 72 years. There has since been an Ecological Sanctuary established at the town of San Juan de Corralito located in the Ángel Sandoval Province to protect the species.[1]
References
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Sources
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Lonchorhina aurita. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 October 2008.
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- Anthony W. White. 1998. A birder's guide to the Bahama Islands. American Birding Association, Inc (USA). p252.
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