Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844

Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 1844, Fauna Peruana, Vol. 1: 72.

Type Locality: Mexico.

Vernacular Names: Mexican Long-tongued Bat.

Distribution: Honduras and El Salvador to S California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico (USA); a single record from S Texas; perhaps Venezuela (Koopman, 1993).

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

Discussion: Does not include ponsi, which is now recognized as a subspecies of Choeroniscus periosus; see Koopman (1994). See Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (1987).