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title: "Lesser spear-nosed bat"
description: "Phyllostomus elongatus — Mamíferos. Phyllostomus elongatus es una especie de murciélago de la familia Phyllostomidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/lesser-spear-nosed-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser spear-nosed bat

> Phyllostomus elongatus — Mamíferos. Phyllostomus elongatus es una especie de murciélago de la familia Phyllostomidae.

- Scientific name: *Phyllostomus elongatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 82
- Wikidata: [Q617912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41080](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41080)

## Names

- en: Lesser spear-nosed bat
- fr: Phyllostome des sous-bois

## Countries with the most observations

PE (17), BR (16), GF (14), CO (8), EC (4)

## Summary

Phyllostomus elongatus es una especie de murciélago de la familia Phyllostomidae.

Text: Wikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllostomus_elongatus

## Photo

![Lesser spear-nosed bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-spear-nosed-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carlos Henrique Russi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127836727

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-spear-nosed-bat?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).