Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat
| Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Lonchorhina |
| Species: | L. marinkellei |
| Binomial name | |
| Lonchorhina marinkellei Camacho & Cadena, 1978 | |
Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat (Lonchorhina marinkellei) is a bat species found in Colombia. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation. Its species name marinkellei was chosen to honor the Dutch scientist Cornelis Johannes Marinkelle, who worked in Colombia.