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Bidentate yellow-eared bat

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The bidentate yellow-eared bat, Vampyriscus bidens, is a bat of the family Phyllostomidae native to South America. It was formerly placed in the genus Vampyressa, but phylogenetic analyses support its inclusion in Vampyriscus. It is small, with a head and body length of 5 to 6 centimeters and a weight of about 12 grams, and males are larger than females. The fur is pale to dark brown, paler on the neck and shoulders and greyish on the underparts, with a broad white stripe above each eye and a narrower one along the cheek, while the ear borders, tragus and nose-leaf margins are bright yellow. Its name refers to the usual single pair of lower incisors, where other yellow-eared bats have two pairs, though some individuals have two. It lives in lowland evergreen forests and swampland between 200 and 1,000 meters across much of northern South America east of the Andes, eats fruit such as figs, is nocturnal, roosts in trees by day and bears its young in the rainy season.

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Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Body Size Band
Small 1
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
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Phyllostomidae, Taxa
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Bolivia

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Source Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
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is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
Brazil

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is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
Colombia

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is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
Ecuador

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Source Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
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is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
French Guiana

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Source Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
Guyana

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Source Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
Peru

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Source Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
Suriname

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Source Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
Venezuela

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Source Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
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1. Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution and habitat, living
    It lives in lowland evergreen forests and swampland
  • Biology, land habitat
    during the day it roosts in trees
  • Biology, diet
    is herbivorous, feeding on fruit such as figs
  • Biology, activity
    It is nocturnal
  • Description, size
    Small in size, it measures only 5 to 6 cm
  • Distribution and habitat
    is distributed throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, including eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia and Brazil, and throughout the Guyanas
  • Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Lead
    is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, bat group
    is a species of
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