Glossophaga longirostris Miller 1898

Glossophaga longirostris Miller 1898, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 50: 330.

Type Locality: Colombia, Magdalena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Vernacular Names: Miller's Long-tongued Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. longirostris Miller 1898

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. campestris Webster and Handley 1986

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. elongata Miller 1900

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. major Goodwin 1958

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. maricelae Soriano, Fariñas, and Naranjo 2000

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. reclusa Webster and Handley 1986

Subspecies Glossophaga longirostris subsp. rostrata Miller 1913

Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela (including Margarita Isl); N Brazil; Guyana; Trinidad and Tobago; Grenada, St Vincent, Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba (Lesser Antilles). The records from Dominica and Ecuador are erroneous.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes elongata; see Jones and Carter (1976) and Koopman (1958). Revised by Webster and Handley (1986); also see Handley and Webster (1987), Webster et al. (1998), Soriano et al. (2000), and Timm and Genoways (2003).