Peruvian Tailless Bat

Anoura javieri

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae

Anoura is a genus of leaf-nosed bats from Central and South America. Anoura members lack or have a short tail, and are nectarivorous bats of small to medium size among the Phyllostomidae. Etymology The genus Anoura was described in 1838 by British zoologist John Edward Gray.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

DescriptionAnoura, Wikipedia contributors Safetywikidata

Peruvian Tailless Bat

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