| Cadena's tailless bat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Anoura |
| Species: | A. cadenai |
| Binomial name | |
| Anoura cadenai Mantilla-Meluk & Baker, 2006 | |
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| Distribution | |
Cadena's tailless bat (Anoura cadenai) is a species of bat native to Colombia. [1] In 2006 it was described as a separate species from the tailed tailless bat species complex. [2]
Cadena's tailless bat was described as a new species in 2006. The holotype had been collected between Calima and Restrepo in Colombia. The species was named after Alberto Cadena, curator of the collection of mammals of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (Bogota). [2]
Its fur is a blackish-brown color. Its forearm length is 34–37 mm (1.3–1.5 in). [2]
The ecology of this species is poorly understood due to its recent description. Specimens were recorded at relatively high altitudes (between 800 and 1600m), in habitats of the Andean forest with mature trees covered by epiphytes. This species is sympatric with two other species from the genus Anoura : A. caudifer and A. cultrata . [2]
Cadena's tailless bat has only been recorded in the Colombian Andes but it is expected that it is also found in Ecuador. [2] As of 2017, it is evaluated as a data deficient species. [1]
The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. They are ecologically the most varied and diverse family within the order Chiroptera. Most species are insectivorous, but the phyllostomid bats include within their number true predatory species and frugivores. For example, the spectral bat, the largest bat in the Americas, eats vertebrate prey, including small, dove-sized birds. Members of this family have evolved to use food groups such as fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, frogs, other bats, and small vertebrates, and in the case of the vampire bats, even blood.
The tailed tailless bat is a species of leaf-nosed bat from South America.
Geoffroy's tailless bat is a species of phyllostomid bat from the American tropics.
Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat is a bat species found in Colombia. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation. Its species name marinkellei was chosen to honor the Dutch scientist Cornelis Johannes Marinkelle, who worked in Colombia.
The tube-lipped nectar bat is a bat from Ecuador. It was described in 2005. It has a remarkably long tongue, which it uses to drink nectar. It additionally consumes pollen and insects.
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.
Parker's antbird is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Handley's tailless bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
The broad-toothed tailless bat is a species of bats in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela.
Luis Manuel's tailless bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Venezuela and the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia.
Glossophaginae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats.
The Tamá Massif is a group of mountains on the border between Colombia and Venezuela to the south of Lake Maracaibo. It contains evergreen rainforest and cloud forest at the lower levels, and páramos at the highest levels.
Anoura peruana is a species of bat from Colombia and Peru. It was elevated to a species in 2010, after previously being considered a subspecies of Geoffroy's tailless bat. The females are larger than the males.
The Matapalo broad-nosed bat is a species of leaf-nosed bat described in 2005. It is found in South America.
De Vivo's disk-winged bat is a species of disc-winged bat found in South America.
Anoura aequatoris is a species of microbat that lives in South America in the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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