Family FURIPTERIDAE

(SMOKY BAT THUMBLESS BAT)

• Small bats with thumb embedded in patagium, except tiny claw; pair of functional abdominal mammae; long, thick smoky to slate-gray dorsal fur, paler on venter;tail encased in uropatagium; muzzle blunt with oval or triangular nostrils; and large funnel-shaped ears. • 5-8 cm.

• Neotropical Region.

• Deserts into tropical deciduous and evergreen forests.

• 2 genera, 2 species, 2 taxa.

• 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.