Glossophaginae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

leaf-nosed bat The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are bats (order Chiroptera) found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. Both the scientific and common names derive from ...

List of species

Subfamily: Glossophaginae * Tribe Glossophagini **Genus: ''

Anoura ''Anoura'' is a genus of leaf-nosed bats from Central America, Central and South America. ''Anoura'' members lack or have a short tail, and are nectarivorous bats of small to medium size among the Phyllostomidae. Etymology The genus ''Anoura'' ...

'' - Geoffroy's long-nosed bats ***''

Anoura aequatoris ''Anoura aequatoris'' (also known as the equatorial tailless bat) is a species of microbat that lives in South America in the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy When first described in 1921, Einar Lönnberg classified ' ...

'' *** Cadena's tailless bat, ''Anoura cadenai'' ***

Tailed tailless bat The tailed tailless bat (''Anoura caudifer'') is a species of leaf-nosed bat from South America. Taxonomy The scientific name of this species is variously given as either ''A. caudifer'' or ''A. caudifera'', with scientists having argued for bot ...

, ''Anoura caudifera'' ***

Handley's tailless bat Handley's tailless bat (''Anoura cultrata'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ...

, ''Anoura cultrata'' ***

Tube-lipped nectar bat The tube-lipped nectar bat (''Anoura fistulata'') is a bat from Ecuador. It was described in 2005. It has a remarkably long tongue, which it uses to drink nectar. It additionally consumes pollen and insects. Taxonomy and etymology The tube-lippe ...

, ''Anoura fistulata'' ***

Geoffroy's tailless bat Geoffroy's tailless bat (''Anoura geoffroyi'') is a species of phyllostomid bat from the American tropics. Description Geoffroy's tailless bat is a medium-sized bat, measuring around in total length and weighing . It has dark to dull brown fur ...

, ''Anoura geoffroyi'' *** Broad-toothed tailless bat, ''Anoura latidens'' *** Luis Manuel's tailless bat, ''Anoura luismanueli'' **Genus: '' Choeroniscus'' ***

Godman's long-tailed bat Godman's long-tailed bat (''Choeroniscus godmani'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Venezuela Venezuela, of ...

, ''Choeroniscus godmani'' ***

Greater long-tailed bat The greater long-tailed bat (''Choeroniscus periosus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, border ...

, ''Choeroniscus periosus'' ***

Minor long-nosed long-tongued bat The lesser long-tongued bat (''Choeroniscus minor''), also called the lesser long-tailed bat, is a bat species from South America. Description Relatively small among bats, members of this species have a total length of , a forearm around long, ...

, ''Choeroniscus minor'' **Genus: '' Choeronycteris'' *** Mexican long-tongued bat (hog-nosed bat), ''Choeronycteris mexicana'' **Genus: '' Dryadonycteris'' ***

Dryades bat ''Dryadonycteris capixaba'' is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in South America. It is the only species within the genus ''Dryadonycteris''. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 2012. It was described in part from muse ...

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Dryadonycteris capixaba ''Dryadonycteris capixaba'' is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in South America. It is the only species within the genus ''Dryadonycteris''. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 2012. It was described in part from muse ...

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Glossophaga ''Glossophaga'' (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics. Species *''G. antillarum'' (Rehn, 1902): Jamaican long-tongued bat, Jamaica. *''G ...

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Commissaris's long-tongued bat Commissaris's long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga commissarisi'') is a bat species from South and Central America. Description The bat's length ranges from 43 to 65 mm, has a wingspan of 32 to 42 mm, and weighs on average 9.3 to 9.5 grams. ...

, ''Glossophaga commissarisi'' *** Gray long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga leachii'' *** Miller's long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga longirostris'' *** Western long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga morenoi'' ***

Pallas's long-tongued bat Pallas's long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga soricina'') is a South and Central American bat with a fast metabolism that feeds on nectar. Metabolism It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds. Although ...

, ''Glossophaga soricina'' **Genus: '' Hylonycteris'' *** Underwood's long-tongued bat, ''Hylonycteris underwoodi'' **Genus: '' Leptonycteris'' - Saussure's long-nosed bats *** Southern long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris curasoae'' *** Big long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris nivalis'' *** Lesser long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris yerbabuenae'' **Genus: '' Lichonycteris'' *** Dark long-tongued bat, ''Lichonycteris obscura'' *** Pale brown long-nosed bat, ''Lichonycteris degener'' **Genus: ''

Monophyllus ''Monophyllus'', the Antillean long-tongued bats or single leaf bats, is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae. They are distributed on the Antilles. Species It contains the following species: * ''Monophyllus plethodon'' Miller, 1900 — ...

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Insular single leaf bat The insular single leaf bat or Lesser Antillean long-tongued bat (''Monophyllus plethodon'') is a species of leaf-nosed bat. It is found on the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea. Taxonomy The insular single leaf bat was species descri ...

, ''Monophyllus plethodon'' ***

Leach's single leaf bat Leach's single leaf bat (''Monophyllus redmani''), also known as Greater Antillean long-tongued bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the southern Bahamas and in all the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola ...

, ''Monophyllus redmani'' **Genus: '' Musonycteris'' *** Banana bat (Colima long-nosed bat), ''Musonycteris harrisoni'' **Genus: '' Scleronycteris'' *** Ega long-tongued bat, ''Scleronycteris ega''

References

Phyllostomidae Mammal subfamilies Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte {{leafnosed-bat-stub