Anoura peruana

Anoura peruana is a nectar-feeding bat of the Andes, recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia at mid to high elevations. The Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi described it in 1844, first placing it in the genus Glossophaga and the subgenus Choeronycteris. From 1878 at the latest it was treated as a synonym of Geoffroy's tailless bat, and it was only elevated to a full species in 2010, when researchers found it morphologically distinct. It differs from Geoffroy's tailless bat in having a larger skull, incomplete zygomatic arches, a smaller uropatagium and darker fur, and females are larger than males. The species name peruana means Peruvian. It visits the flowers of plants such as Siphocampylus giganteus and Bomarea multiflora, and the large loads of pollen found on individuals suggest it may be an important pollen disperser in its ecosystem.