Western nectar bat
| Western nectar bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Lonchophylla |
| Species: | L. hesperia
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| Binomial name | |
| Lonchophylla hesperia G.M. Allen, 1908
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The western nectar bat (Lonchophylla hesperia) is a species of bat within the Lonchophylla genus of chiroptera. It is a leaf-nosed bat in the family Phyllostomidae, and the subfamily Lonchophyllinae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.