Lonchorhina aurita - #373
Common Sword-nosed Bat
Close-up ventral view of head and body
Geographic Distribution
Oaxaca (Mexico) south to SE Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; Trinidad; perhaps New Providence Isl (Bahama Isls)
Order/Family
Phyllostomidae
Genus
Lonchorhina
Specific Epithet
aurita
Image Location
Comelco, Costa Rica
Image Date
1973
Photographer
R K LaVal