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Choeroniscus

Choeroniscus is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.

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Choeroniscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Choeroniscus
Thomas, 1928
Type species
Choeronycteris minor
Peters, 1868
Species

C. godmani
C. periosus
C. minor

Choeroniscus (long-tailed bat) is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.1

It contains the following species:

References

References

  1. Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 13 September 2009