Vieira's long-tongued bat (Xeronycteris vieirai) is a species of bat from northeastern Brazil, discovered in 2005 by Gregorin and Ditchfield.[1] It is the only species in the genus Xeronycteris.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Xeronycteris Gregorin & Ditchfield, 2005 |
| Species: | X. vieirai
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| Xeronycteris vieirai Gregorin & Ditchfield, 2005
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References
edit- ^ a b Solari, S. (2015). "Xeronycteris vieirai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T136321A22021092. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136321A22021092.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Nogueira, Marcelo R.; Gregorin, Renato; Peracchi, Adriano L. (April 2014). "Emended diagnosis of Xeronycteris vieirai (Mammalia: Chiroptera), with the first record of polyodontia for the genus". Zoologia (Curitiba). 31 (2): 175–180. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702014000200009.
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