Thumbless bat
Not to be confused with Smoky bat (Amorphochilus schnablii), also known as the thumbless bat.
| Thumbless Bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Furipteridae |
| Genus: | Furipterus Bonaparte, 1837 |
| Species: | F. horrens |
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| Furipterus horrens (F. Cuvier, 1828) | |
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The thumbless bat (Furipterus horrens) is a species of bat in the family Furipteridae, in the monotypic genus Furipterus. It is found in Costa Rica, Brazil, Venezuela; Colombia; Ecuador; Suriname; French Guiana; Guyana; Panama; Trinidad, and Peru. They have a small thumb which is included in the membrane of the wing, causing the 'thumbless' appearance.
References
- Miller, B., Reid, F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). Furipterus horrens. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- Nowak, Ronald (1991). Walker's Mammals of the World, Fifth Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-3970-X.