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Curacaoan Long-nosed Bat  

Scientific Name:
Leptonycteris curasoae

Other Names and/or Listed subspecies:
Southern Long-nosed Bat

Area(s) Where Listed As Endangered:
Aruba Island (Netherland Antilles), Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela

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