Dwarf little fruit bat

The dwarf little fruit bat, Rhinophylla pumilio, is a small leaf-nosed bat of northern South America east of the Andes, ranging from northern Bolivia through eastern Peru and Ecuador, Amazonian Brazil, southern Colombia and Venezuela and the Guianas. Adults measure only four to six centimetres in head-body length and weigh seven to fourteen grams, with drab brown or reddish-brown fur, a prominent nose-leaf and no tail, which separates it from the similar short-tailed fruit bats. It prefers primary forest below 1,400 metres but is also found in plantations, pastures and open savannah. It eats a wide range of fruits, including figs, and helps to disperse the seeds of some of them. It is nocturnal and roosts in small groups in tent-like shelters made from leaves.