NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Handley's Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla handleyi Hill, 1980
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lonchophylla handleyi Hill, 1980
- Name authority
- Hill, 1980
- Common name
- Handley'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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825
- subfamilyLonchophyllinae Griffiths, 1982
- tribeLonchophyllini Griffiths, 1982
- genusLonchophylla Thomas, 1903
- speciesLonchophylla handleyi Hill, 1980
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lonchophylla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman's Nectar BatLonchophylla concava Goldman, 1914 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Nectar BatLonchophylla hesperia G. M. Allen, 1908 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian Nectar BatLonchophylla mordax Thomas, 1903 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orces's Long-tongued BatLonchophylla orcesi Albuja & Gardner, 2005 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Cordilleran Nectar BatLonchophylla orienticollina Dávalos & Corthals, 2008 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange Nectar BatLonchophylla robusta Miller, 1912 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bokermann's Nectar BatLonchophylla bokermanni Sazima, Vizotto & Taddei, 1978 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dekeyser's Nectar BatLonchophylla dekeyseri Taddei, Vizotto & Sazima, 1983 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chocoan Nectar BatLonchophylla chocoana Dávalos, 2004 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific Forest Long-tongued BatLonchophylla fornicata Woodman, 2007 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-bellied Nectar BatLonchophylla inexpectata Moratelli & Dias, 2015 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peracchi's Nectar BatLonchophylla peracchii Dias, Esbérard & Moratelli, 2013 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631794 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:3VY8G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.