Geoffroy's Tailless Bat

Taxobox | name = Geoffroy's Tailless Bat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3


image_caption=Geoffroy's tailless bat
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Phyllostomidae
genus = "Anoura"
species = "A. geoffroyi"
binomial = "Anoura geoffroyi"
binomial_authority = Gray, 1838The Geoffroy's Tailless Bat ("Anoura geoffroyi"), is a bat species from South and Central America.

Habitat

Habitat requirements for "Anoura geoffroyi" have not been recorded yet. Caves where the bat lives have been found in tropical rainforests and in cerrado near trees.

Physical Description

"Anoura geoffroyi" is a dull brown when viewed from the top, and when viewed from the bottom is more of a grayish brown with a silvery color on the neck and shoulders. It is called a tailless bat because a tail is absent. "Anoura geoffroyi" is about 15.2 grams and measures between 60 and 70 millimeters in both males and females, with a forearm length of 40 to 45 millimeters. Males and females do not vary much in size in Brazil, but in Trinidad, another area "Anoura geoffroyi" lives in, the females are reported to have slightly longer forearms than the males.

Life Cycle

Information about the mating of "Anoura geoffroyi" does not add up to much. But it is known that the breeding season of "Anoura geoffroyi" is not the same time of year in all of the areas where they live. Still, the bat is known to breed once a year, with some females having more than one offspring per year. Gestation takes four months, with births occurring between the wet and dry seasons. Births have been found to be in different months by geography: July in Nicaragua, June in Peru, March in Costa Rica, etc.

References

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]