Mammals · La Saladita, Guerrero

Lesser Long-nosed Bat

Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

Spanish: Murciélago hocico largo

Lesser Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)
Photographed by laxoch on iNaturalist · CC-BY · taken in Alamos, MX-SO, MX, not near La Saladita

The lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is a medium-sized bat found in Central and North America. It is sometimes known as Sanborn's long-nosed bat or the Mexican long-nosed bat, though the latter name is better avoided since it is also used for the entire genus Leptonycteris and for one of the other species in it, the greater long-nosed bat (L. nivalis).

TaxonomyMammalia › Chiroptera › Phyllostomidae
IUCN statusNear Threatened (NT)
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records568 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Lesser Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/leptonycteris-yerbabuenae/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.