''Lonchorhina'' is a genus of Central and

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bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

s in the family Phyllostomidae.

Species

Genus ''Lonchorhina'' - Sword-nosed bats * Tomes's sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina aurita'' - Tomes, 1863 * Fernandez's sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina fernandezi'' - Ochoa & Ibanez, 1982 * Northern sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina inusitata'' - Handley & Ochoa, 1997 * Chiribiquete sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina mankomara'' - Mantilla-Meluk & Montenegro, 2016 * Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina marinkellei'' - Camacho & Cadena, 1978 * Orinoco sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina orinocensis'' - Linares & Ojasti, 1971

References

Bat genera Taxa named by Robert Fisher Tomes {{leafnosed-bat-stub