Striped hairy-nosed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Gardnerycteris |
Species: | G. crenulata
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Binomial name | |
Gardnerycteris crenulata
Geoffroy, 1810
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Range map |
The striped hairy-nosed bat (Gardnerycteris crenulata) is a bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. A feature unique to its species, its nose-leaf is elongated, spear-shaped, and covered in hair. [2] Its dense fur is variable in color, with a blackish face and brown body that includes some yellow or orange tones. The are usually pale patches behind the ears, and a pale stripe along the length of the back. [3]
Striped hairy-nosed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Gardnerycteris |
Species: | G. crenulata
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Binomial name | |
Gardnerycteris crenulata
Geoffroy, 1810
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Range map |
The striped hairy-nosed bat (Gardnerycteris crenulata) is a bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. A feature unique to its species, its nose-leaf is elongated, spear-shaped, and covered in hair. [2] Its dense fur is variable in color, with a blackish face and brown body that includes some yellow or orange tones. The are usually pale patches behind the ears, and a pale stripe along the length of the back. [3]