Choeroniscus
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Genus of bats
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Glossophaginae |
| Genus: | Choeroniscus Thomas, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Choeronycteris minor Peters, 1868
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| Species | |
Choeroniscus (long-tailed bat) is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.[1]
It contains the following species:
- Godman's long-tailed bat (Choeroniscus godmani)
- Lesser long-tongued bat (Choeroniscus minor)
- Greater long-tailed bat (Choeroniscus periosus)
References
[edit]- ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 13 September 2009
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