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Anoura
Geoffroy's tailless bat (Anoura geoffroyi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Anoura
Gray, 1838
Type species
Anoura geoffroyi
Gray, 1838
Species

Anoura aequatoris
Anoura cadenai
Anoura carishina
Anoura caudifer
Anoura cultrata
Anoura fistulata
Anoura geoffroyi
Anoura javieri
Anoura latidens
Anoura luismanueli
Anoura peruana

Anoura is a genus of leaf-nosed bats from Central and South America.[1] Anoura members lack or have a short tail, and are nectarivorous bats of small to medium size among the Phyllostomidae.[2]

Etymology

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The genus Anoura was described in 1838 by British zoologist John Edward Gray. The type species for the genus was the Geoffroy's tailless bat, Anoura geoffroyi.[3] The etymology of the genus name Anoura corresponds to the two ancient greek words ἀν- (an-), expressing the "absence" (this prefix is an alpha privative), and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "animal tail".[4][5] It refers to the tailless character of these bats.

Note that Anoura, the bat genus, should not be confused with neither 'Anura', an order of amphibians, nor 'Anoures', the original spelling of this order.

Description

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Anoura species are small, with head and body lengths ranging from 50–90 mm (2.0–3.5 in). Forearm lengths for the genus are 34–48 mm (1.3–1.9 in). They either totally lack tails or have very short tails of 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in). They have elongated snouts, as is seen in Glossophaga bat species. Similar again to Glossophaga, these species have tongues with lingual papillae.[6]

Biology

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Anoura species consume nectar, pollen, and insects.[6]

Systematics

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References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Pacheco V, Sánchez-Vendizú P, Solari S (2018). "A new species of Anoura Gray, 1838 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Peru, with taxonomic and biogeographic comments on species of the Anoura caudifer complex". Acta Chiropterologica. 20 (1): 31–50. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.1.002. S2CID 92377619.
  3. ^ Gray, J. E. (1838). "I.—A Revision of the Genera of Bats (Vespertilionidæ), and the Description of some new Genera and Species". Magazine of Zoology and Botany. 2: 490.
  4. ^ Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
  5. ^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Nowak, Ronald M.; Pillsbury Walker, Ernest (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. JHU Press. pp. 373–374. ISBN 9780801857898.
  7. ^ a b Mantilla-Meluk, H., & Baker, R. J. (2006). Systematics of small Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with description of a new species. Museum of Texas Tech University.
  8. ^ Calderón-Acevedo, C. A., & Muchhala, N. C. Species limits in the Neotropical Bat Genus Anoura Gray. Group, 40, 50.
  9. ^ a b Jarrín-V, P., & Kunz, T. H. (2008). Taxonomic history of the genus Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with insights into the challenges of morphological species delimitation. Acta Chiropterologica, 10(2), 257-269.
  10. ^ Smith (2012). "Lesser Tailless Bat" (PDF). Mammals of Paraguay. 43. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
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"Anoura". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 December 2006.