Smoky Bat
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| Smoky Bat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Furipteridae |
| Genus: | Amorphochilus |
| 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 monotypic within the genus Amorphochilus.[citation needed] It is found in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss. This bat is also called the thumbless bat because its thumb is partly enclosed in its wing.
[edit] References
- ^ Barquez, R., & Diaz, M. (2008). Amorphochilus schnablii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 February 2009.
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