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Leptonycteris curasoae

Natural History Museum

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    Object Details

    Collector

    Smithsonian Venezuelan Project

    Microhabitat Description

    Tropical very dry forest

    Notes

    On 12 Dec 2016, Ingrid Rochon was able to locate the mounted skin of this specimen and re-associate it with its USNM number. The skin had been taken off exhibit, been disassociated from its USNM number, assigned a taxidermy inventory number (#24), and ended up in Esther Langan and Nicole Edmison's office. Ingrid wrote the USNM number on the tag and attached photos of the bat to this catalog record. As of 12 Dec 2016 the mounted skin remains in Esther Langan and Nicole Edmison's office.

    Record Last Modified

    19 Feb 2020

    Specimen Count

    1

    Collection Date

    16 Jul 1968

    Accession Number

    261533

    Other Numbers

    Mammals Field Number : 44568

    USNM Number

    455227

    Weight - Specimen

    26.5 g

    Length - Total

    77 mm

    Length - Tail

    0 mm

    Length - Hind Tarsus

    17 mm

    Length - Ear Notch

    17 mm

    Length - Forearm

    53.3 mm

    Preparation

    Skin
    Skull

    Sex

    Female

    Stage

    Adult

    Place

    El Tocuyo, 10 Km N El Tocuyo, Caserio Boro, Lara, Venezuela, South America

    Published Name

    Leptonycteris curasoae

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    Vertebrate Zoology
    Mammals

    Taxonomy

    Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Glossophaginae

    Data Source

    NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31a55ac7b-c735-458f-bb32-5f4b3aef7e4b

    Record ID

    nmnhvz_7341454

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