The little white-shouldered bat (Ametrida centurio) is a small phyllostomid bat of South and Central America, and the only species in its genus, whose name translates as reaper or destroyer. Males measure 35 to 46 millimetres in total length and females 40 to 53 millimetres. The fur is brown and paler below and on the forequarters, and both sexes carry a spot of pure white fur on the shoulders near the base of the neck, which gives the bat its name. It has no external tail, a hairy uropatagium, a short broad snout with a wide mouth, a simple spear-like nose-leaf, small triangular ears and large bulging eyes with a yellow iris. It is found in Venezuela, the Guyanas, Trinidad, eastern Colombia, northern and central Brazil and southern Panama, in lowland evergreen and deciduous forest and swamps, usually below 1,500 metres. It eats fruit, foraging from the forest floor to the canopy, and has an unusually small brain with a nearly smooth cerebrum. No subspecies are recognised.
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are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
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are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
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are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
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are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Little white-shouldered bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Little white-shouldered bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Little white-shouldered bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Little white-shouldered bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
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Little white-shouldered bats eat fruit, and forage from the forest floor to the canopy.
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are found throughout Venezuela, the Guyanas, on the island of Trinidad, and in eastern Colombia, north and central Brazil, and southern Panama
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is a small phyllostomid bat
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is a small phyllostomid bat
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