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Goldman's Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla concava Goldman, 1914

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Goldman's Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla concava) in Panama

Goldman's Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla concava) in Panama

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Open encyclopedia reference

Lonchophylla concava is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Central and South America. It was long considered a synonym of Goldman's nectar bat, though is now recognized as distinct. It consumes nectar and pollen.

Wikipedia contributors, Lonchophylla concava; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:38:47.027808+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Lonchophylla concava Goldman, 1914
Name authority
Goldman, 1914
Common name
Goldman's Nectar Bat
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Phyllostomidae
Genus
Lonchophylla
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
  12. suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
  13. superfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821
  14. familyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825
  15. subfamilyLonchophyllinae Griffiths, 1982
  16. tribeLonchophyllini Griffiths, 1982
  17. genusLonchophylla Thomas, 1903
  18. speciesLonchophylla concava Goldman, 1914

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Lonchophylla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Handley's Nectar BatLonchophylla handleyi Hill, 1980PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Western Nectar BatLonchophylla hesperia G. M. Allen, 1908PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brazilian Nectar BatLonchophylla mordax Thomas, 1903PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Orces's Long-tongued BatLonchophylla orcesi Albuja & Gardner, 2005PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eastern Cordilleran Nectar BatLonchophylla orienticollina Dávalos & Corthals, 2008PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Orange Nectar BatLonchophylla robusta Miller, 1912PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bokermann's Nectar BatLonchophylla bokermanni Sazima, Vizotto & Taddei, 1978PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dekeyser's Nectar BatLonchophylla dekeyseri Taddei, Vizotto & Sazima, 1983PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chocoan Nectar BatLonchophylla chocoana Dávalos, 2004PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pacific Forest Long-tongued BatLonchophylla fornicata Woodman, 2007PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pale-bellied Nectar BatLonchophylla inexpectata Moratelli & Dias, 2015PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Peracchi's Nectar BatLonchophylla peracchii Dias, Esbérard & Moratelli, 2013PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Lonchophylla mordax concava Goldman, 1914 Goldman, 1914synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

South America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=946565 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3VY8D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.