Biology:Smoky bat

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Smoky bat
Amorphochilus schnablii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Furipteridae
Genus: Amorphochilus
Peters, 1877
Species:
A. schnablii
Binomial name
Amorphochilus schnablii
Peters, 1877
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The smoky bat (Amorphochilus schnablii) is a species of bat in the family Furipteridae. It is the only species within the genus Amorphochilus.[citation needed] Its natural habitat is rocky shores.

It is also called the thumbless bat because its thumb is partly enclosed in its wing; this common name is also applied to another species, Furipterus horrens. They lives in western Peru, western Ecuador, Puna island (Ecuador) and northern Chile. and can be found in groups of up to 300 bats. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[2]

Smoky bats are nocturnal and insectivorous animals that like to fly very close to the ground to catch their prey. They roost in hidden areas such as small crevices.[3]

Smoky bat with wings outstretched

References

  1. Velazco, P.; Huamani, L.; Cadenillas, R. (2015). "Amorphochilus schnablii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T1154A22070889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T1154A22070889.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1154/22070889. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. "Annual Report 2013-2014". Bat Conservation International. August 2014. http://www.batcon.org/images/stories/annualreports/AnnualReport2014.pdf. 
  3. Duda, R., Dalapicolla, J., & Costa, L. P. (2012) [full citation needed]

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