Thumbless bat

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Thumbless Bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Chiroptera
Family:
Furipteridae
Genus:
Furipterus

Bonaparte, 1837
Species:
F. horrens
Binomial name
Furipterus horrens
(F. Cuvier, 1828)

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

  • Template:IUCN2008
  • Nowak, Ronald (1991). Walker's Mammals of the World (Fifth ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-3970-X.


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