Mammals

Division of Mammals

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Division of Mammals
Museum of Southwestern Biology
1 University of New Mexico
MSC03-2020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Division of Mammals
Museum of Southwestern Biology
CERIA Building 83 Room 204
302 Yale Blvd NE
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131

Bats of New Mexico

Order - Chiroptera

Family - Phyllostomidae - New World Leaf-nosed Bats


Mexican long-nosed bat

Leptonycteris nivalis

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photo from U.S. National Parks Service

Native to New Mexico: yes

Habitat: desert, shrubland

Feeding Behavior: herbivore, nectarivore

Museum Holdings: Arctos database

Specimen Map: BerkeleyMapper

Other Resources: Smithsonian and Animal Diversity Web

Distribution Map:

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