Proboscis bat
| Proboscis bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Emballonuridae |
| Genus: | Rhynchonycteris Peters, 1867 |
| Species: | R. naso |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchonycteris naso (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | |
| Proboscis bat range | |
| Synonyms | |
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The proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) is a species of bat found in South America and Central America. Other common names include long-nosed proboscis bat, sharp-nosed bat, Brazilian long-nosed bat. and river bat. It is the only species in the genus Rhynchonycteris.
This species is in the family Emballonuridae, the sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. Like most bats, it is nocturnal. It is found from southern Mexico to Belize, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil, as well as in Trinidad.