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Tube-lipped Nectar Bat

Anoura fistulata Muchhala, Mena & Albuja, 2005

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.

Geographical distribution of Tube-lipped nectar bat (or Long-lipped bat or Tube-lipped tailless bat)

Geographical distribution of Tube-lipped nectar bat (or Long-lipped bat or Tube-lipped tailless bat)

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Open encyclopedia reference

The tube-lipped nectar bat (Anoura fistulata) is a bat from Ecuador. It was described in 2005. It has a remarkably long tongue, which it uses to drink nectar. It additionally consumes pollen and insects.

Wikipedia contributors, Tube-lipped nectar bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:49:40.615235+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Anoura fistulata Muchhala, Mena & Albuja, 2005
Name authority
Muchhala, Mena & Albuja, 2005
Common name
Tube-lipped Nectar Bat
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Phyllostomidae
Genus
Anoura
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. subfamilyGlossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845
  16. tribeChoeronycterini Solmsen, 1998
  17. subtribeAnourina Baker, Solari, Cirranello & Simmons, 2016
  18. genusAnoura Gray, 1838
  19. speciesAnoura fistulata Muchhala, Mena & Albuja, 2005

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Handley's Tailless BatAnoura cultrata Handley, 1960PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tailed Tailless BatAnoura caudifer (E. Geoffroy, 1818)PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tschudi's Tailless BatAnoura peruana (Tschudi, 1844)PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Peruvian Tailless BatAnoura javieri Pacheco, Sánchez-Vendizú & Solari, 2018PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Broad-toothed Tailless BatAnoura latidens Handley, 1984PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cadena's Tailless BatAnoura cadenai Mantilla-Meluk & Baker, 2006PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Luis Manuel's Tailless BatAnoura luismanueli Molinari, 1994PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ecuadorian Tailless BatAnoura aequatoris (Lönnberg, 1921)PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Geoffroy's Tailless BatAnoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838PhyllostomidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 183 records assigned to Phyllostomidae.

Documented distribution

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

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. Muchhala, Nathan, Patricio Mena V., and Luis Albuja V. (2005). A new species of Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes. Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 86, No. 3. 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:66Y5K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.