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Long-tongued Bat

Choeronycteris mexicana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 22, February 21, March 27, April 36, May 33, June 19, July 20, August 27, September 39, October 17, November 17, December 20.
United States431
Arizona274
Mexico161
California69
Texas53
New Mexico34
Puebla13
Nuevo Leon12
Guanajuato11
Jalisco11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderBats · Chiroptera
FamilyNew World Leaf-nosed Bats · Phyllostomidae
GenusChoeronycteris

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