Western Nectar Bat - Lonchophylla hesperia
( G.M. Allen, 1908 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population:

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Jumping Ability: (Horizontal)

Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
Very little is known about this species. It does not eat fruit (Solari pers. comm.). The generation length is six years (Pacifici et al. 2013).

Range:
This species occurs in northwest Peru and southwest Ecuador (Simmons 2005).

Conservation:
It occurs in a few protected areas in northern Peru.

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