Lonchophylla fornicata
{{Short description|Species of bat}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Lonchophylla
| species = fornicata
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| authority = Woodman, 2007}}
Lonchophylla fornicata is a species of bat found in South America.
Taxonomy
Lonchophylla fornicata was described as a new species in 2007 by Neal Woodman. Woodman suggested the common name of "Pacific forest long-tongued bat". The holotype had been collected in 1966 {{cvt|29|km|mi}} southeast of Buenaventura, Colombia by Maurice Earl. The species name fornicata is from Latin meaning "arched"; the name was chosen to allude to its similarity to another species, Lonchophylla concava.{{cite journal|doi=10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[340:ANSONB]2.0.CO;2|issn=0006-324X|year=2007|volume=120|issue=3|pages=340–358|title=A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from western Colombia and western Ecuador (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)|journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington|last1=Woodman|first1=Neal|s2cid=1048248 |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/623|doi-access=free}}
Description
Range and habitat
It is native to South America where its range includes Colombia and Ecuador. It has been documented at a range of elevations from {{cvt|75-512|m|ft}} above sea level. As of 2019, it has only been observed in humid forests on the Pacific-facing slopes of the Andes.
Conservation
As of 2019, it is listed as a data deficient species by the IUCN because its ecological requirements are poorly understood.