Geoffroy's Tailless Bat (Anoura geoffroyi), is a bat

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

 species

Species

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 from South

South America

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 and Central America

Central America

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, where it is found from central Mexico

Mexico

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 to Bolivia

Bolivia

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 and southeastern Brazil

Brazil

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Habitat

Habitat

Habitat

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

Cerrado

The Cerrado, is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Gioas and Minas Gerais...

 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

Brazil

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, but in Trinidad

Trinidad

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, 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

Nicaragua

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, June in Peru

Peru

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, March in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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, etc.