Xeronycteris
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Xeronycteris vieirai is a species of bat
from northeastern Brazil, discovered in 2005 by Gregorin and Ditchfield.
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,...
from northeastern Brazil, discovered in 2005 by Gregorin and Ditchfield.