Proboscis Bat

Taxobox | name = Proboscis Bat

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image_width = 250px
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
status_ref = [cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19714/summ |author=Chiroptera Specialist Group |year=1996 |title="Rhynchonycteris naso" |work=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |accessdate=2007-09-01]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Emballonuridae
genus = "Rhynchonycteris"
genus_authority = Peters, 1867
diversity_link = Rhynchonycteris naso
diversity = 1 species
species = "R. naso"
binomial = "Rhynchonycteris naso"
binomial_authority = (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
synonyms ="Vespertilio naso"

The Proboscis Bat, "Rhynchonycteris naso", is a bat species from South and Central America [ [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura] ] . Other common names include Sharp-nosed Bat [ [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/mammals/sharp-nosedbat.html Sharp-nosed Bat - Rhynchonycteris naso ] ] .

The countries where it is found include Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad [ [ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/chiroptera/emballonuridae/rhynchonycteris/index.html Rhynchonycteris ] ] and Costa RicaTimm & Losilla 2007] .

This small species of bat was found to occasionally fall prey to the rather large spider "Argiope savignyi".

Footnotes

References

* (2007): Orb-weaving Spider, "Argiope savignyi" (Araneidae), Predation on the Proboscis Bat "Rhynchonycteris naso" (Emballonuridae). "Caribbean Journal of Science" 43(2): 282-284. [http://caribjsci.org/dec07/43_273d-284d.pdf PDF]