Lonchophylla concava
{{Short description|Species of bat}}
{{speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Lonchophylla
| species = concava
| authority = Goldman, 1914
}}
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Lonchophylla concava is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Central and South America.{{cite mdd|id=1004931|title=Lonchophylla concava}} It was long considered a synonym of Goldman's nectar bat, though is now recognized as distinct. It consumes nectar and pollen.
Taxonomy
Lonchophylla concava was described as a new species in 1914 by Edward Alphonso Goldman. Goldman had collected the holotype from eastern Panama in 1912.{{cite journal|last=Goldman| first=E. A.| year= 1914| title=Descriptions of five new mammals from Panama| journal=Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections| volume=63| issue=5| pages=2–3| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816376| hdl=2027/uiug.30112106674572| hdl-access=free}} In 1966, Handley published that L. concava was a synonym of Goldman's nectar bat (L. mordax);{{cite journal|doi=10.3897/zookeys.514.10013 |issue=514 |doi-access=free |title=A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from the Caatinga of Brazil (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) |date=2015 |last1=Moratelli |first1=Ricardo |last2=Dias |first2=Daniela |journal=ZooKeys |pages=73–91 |pmid=26261433 |pmc=4525025 |bibcode=2015ZooK..514...73M }} this was maintained until a 2005 publication asserted that there were major physical difference between the two taxa, and thus L. concava should be recognized as a separate species.{{cite journal|doi=10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[442:ANSOLT]2.0.CO;2|issn=0006-324X |date=2005 |volume=118 |page=442 |title=A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador |last1=Albuja v |first1=Luis |last2=Gardner |first2=Alfred L. |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |issue=2 |s2cid=28537326 |url=http://bibdigital.epn.edu.ec/handle/15000/4748 }}
Description
Lonchophylla concava has a forearm length of {{cvt|32.0-34.6|mm|in}}. Females weight {{cvt|7.0-8.0|g|oz}} while males weigh {{cvt|7.0-9.0|g|oz}}.{{cite journal|doi=10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[340:ANSONB]2.0.CO;2|issn=0006-324X |date=2007 |volume=120 |page=340 |title=A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from western Colombia and western Ecuador (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) |last1=Woodman |first1=Neal |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |issue=3 }}
Biology and ecology
Lonchophylla concava is nectarivorous and palynivorous, consumming the nectar and pollen of Mucuna and banana plants. It also consumes some butterflies and moths. During the day, it roosts in caves.{{cite book|author=Reid, Fiona|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aBEbUaXTWYAC&pg=PA114 |year=2009 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=978-0-19-534322-9 |pages=114-115}}
Range and habitat
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Category:Bats of South America
Category:Mammals described in 1914