Lonchorhina aurita Tomes 1863

Lonchorhina aurita Tomes 1863, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863: 83.

Type Locality: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad.

Vernacular Names: Common Sword-nosed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lonchorhina aurita subsp. aurita Tomes 1863

Subspecies Lonchorhina aurita subsp. occidentalis Anthony 1923

Distribution: Oaxaca (Mexico) south to SE Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; Trinidad; perhaps New Providence Isl (Bahama Isls), see Jones and Carter (1976).

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

Discussion: aurita species group. Includes occidentalis; see Jones and Carter (1976). See Lassieur and Wilson (1989) and Handley and Ochoa (1997). Some specimens previously referred to this species actually represent inusitata; see Handley and Ochoa (1997).