FURIPTERIDAE, Gray, 1866

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Furipteridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 412-417 : 412

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5733446
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6833969
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scientific name	FURIPTERIDAE
status

Treatment

Family FURIPTERIDAE View in CoL

(SMOKY BAT THUMBLESS BAT)

• Small bats with thumb embedded in patagium, except tiny claw; pair of functional abdominal mammae; long, thick smoky to slate-gray dorsal fur, paler on venter;tail encased in uropatagium; muzzle blunt with oval or triangular nostrils; and large funnel-shaped ears. • 5-8 cm. View Figure

• Neotropical Region. View Figure

• Deserts into tropical deciduous and evergreen forests.

• 2 genera, 2 species, 2 taxa.

• 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.