Glossophaga soricina

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,535 meters (0 to 14,879 feet).[1]

Ecology: Found in forests (south), rural and urban areas (north). Nectarivorous. Found in caves, tunnels, and houses. Co-inhabit with Carollia. Willig (1983) found more than 2,000 individuals in an abandoned house in Brazil.[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

May contain more than one species, see Hoffmann and Baker (2001) (Simmons 2005).[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Glossophaga

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. commissarisi (Commissari's Long-Tongued Bat) · G. leachii (Davis's Long-Tongued Bat) · G. longirostris (Miller's Long-Tongued Bat) · G. morenoi (Western Long-Tongued Bat) · G. soricina (Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat) · G. soricina soricina (Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat)

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Notes

Contributors

• Barquez, R., Perez, S., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2008. Glossophaga soricina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University
• , Mammal specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104792
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631815
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815634
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631815
• IUCN ID: 211517
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5570

Footnotes

1. Mean = 411.380 meters (1,349.672 feet), Standard Deviation = 800.380 based on 601 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Barquez, R., Perez, S., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2008. Glossophaga soricina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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