Rhinophylla fischerae

D. C. Carter, 1966

Fischer's Little Fruit Bat

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Location:Brazil, Amazona state, Abacaxis River, Barra Mansa villageDate taken:18 June 2017

Distribution :

Peru, Ecuador, SE Colombia, S Venezuela, Amazonian Brazil.

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Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Noctilionoidea
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Rhinophyllinae
Genus: Rhinophylla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Carter, D.C. 1966-12-01. A new species of Rhinophylia (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79:235-238.

Original name as described

Rhinophylla fischerae

Type material

TCWC:Mamm:12102

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"61 mi. [= 98 km] SE Pucallpa, about 180 m, Loreto, Peru."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

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Total: 1 name and synonym.

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