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Anoura
Sign in to saveAnoura 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.
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KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCollembola
- FamilyNeanuridae
Anoura est un genre de chauves-souris.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 67
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Collections
- USNM, MSU, ROM, MSB, TTU, LACM
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Per̼
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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.
== Etymology == 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. The etymology of the genus name Anoura corresponds to the two ancient greek words (), expressing the "absence" (this prefix is an alpha privative), and (), meaning "animal tail". It refers to the tailless character of these bats.
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