One of the 29 bats on WAnimals
Mammals · Chiroptera · Phyllostomidae
Lesser Long-nosed Bat
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
Near Threatened
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The lesser long-nosed bat is the principal pollinator of agaves and columnar cacti in northern Mexico and the south-western United States. Each year it migrates along a flowering corridor more than a thousand kilometres long, from central Mexico to Arizona and New Mexico, breeding along the way in maternity caves that hold tens of thousands of females. Without it, the sexual reproduction of wild agaves and of the saguaro would be seriously compromised.
Weight
18 g – 30 g
Size
7 cm – 9 cm
Life expectancy
10 years
