Phyllostomus elongatus (lesser spear-nosed bat)

Mass: 35.8 g based on Aguirre et al. 2002, Bernard 2001, Patterson et al. 1996 and Santana and Dumont 2009

Latitudinal range: -15.3° to 4.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical wetland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

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Found in 14 samples

Bolivia: Espíritu

Brazil: Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamá, Alter do Chão, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Nova Xavantina (site 1, rainy season), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Lake Uauaçu (terra firme, low-water), Médio Rio Teles Pires

Colombia: Tinije

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Kurupukari

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana

Size measurements:
body mass34.64 gN = 5Aguirre et al. 2002
body mass39.0 gN = 9Bernard 2001
body mass37.3 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass33.6 gN = 10Santana and Dumont 2009

See also Phyllostomus, Phyllostomus discolor, Phyllostomus hastatus, Phyllostomus latifolius