Vampyressa
Sign in to saveVampyressa is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. They are known commonly as the yellow-eared bats.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderChiroptera
- FamilyPhyllostomidae
Observations recorded2,717
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Collections
- USNM, MVZ, TTU, MSB, LACM, USAC
- Recorded in
- Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Ecuador, Per̼, Brazil
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- Vampyressa pusilla.jpg
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Vampyressa is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. They are known commonly as the yellow-eared bats.
There are five species. Three species were recently moved to the genus Vampyriscus. The two genera are differentiated by the morphology of their bones and teeth and the pattern of their pelage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vampyressa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.