#0324 · 🦊 mammals
Proboscis Bat
🇳🇱 Langneusvleermuis ·Rhynchonycteris naso
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what is it?
The proboscis bat ( Rhynchonycteris naso ) is a bat species from South and Central America. Other common names include Long-nosed proboscis bat , sharp-nosed bat , Brazilian long-nosed bat and river bat in English, and murciélago narizón in Spanish. It is monotypic within its genus.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,294 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied in 1820 (206 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Proboscis Bat
- Nederlands
- Langneusvleermuis
- scientific name
- Rhynchonycteris naso
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Emballonuridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,294
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1820 by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Emballonuridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41396, Wikidata Q605774, GBIF 2433095, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.