Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 399

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11326713
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scientific name	Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844
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Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844 View in CoL

Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844 View in CoL , Fauna Peruana, Vol. 1: 72.

Type Locality: Mexico.

Vernacular Names: Mexican Long-tongued Bat.

Distribution: Honduras and El Salvador to S California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico ( USA); a single record from S Texas; perhaps Venezuela ( Koopman, 1993).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Does not include ponsi, which is now recognized as a subspecies of Choeroniscus periosus ; see Koopman (1994). See Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (1987).