The visored bat, Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum, is a small fruit-eating bat of tropical South America and the only member of its genus, Sphaeronycteris. Adults measure roughly 52 to 63 millimetres from head to rump and have greyish-brown fur that is paler toward the front of the body, white spots on each shoulder and just below the ears, a rounded head, a short hairless snout, a wide mouth and bulging golden-brown eyes. The name comes from a horny outgrowth above and behind the nose-leaf, a modest ridge in females but about four times larger in adult males, where it stretches to the corners of the eyes. Males also have a large fold of neck skin that can be pulled up over the face like a mask while they sleep. The species is recorded across Venezuela, eastern Colombia and the eastern Amazon basin, from sea level to about 3,000 metres on the eastern Andean slopes, in forest from lowland rainforest to montane cloud forest. It is nocturnal, found alone or in pairs, feeds only on fruit and breeds twice a year, but little else is known because specimens are rare. Its closest relatives are thought to be the little white-shouldered bats and the wrinkle-faced bats.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum (Animal Diversity Web)
In Biome
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Source Visored bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas, including eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Visored bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas, including eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Visored bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas, including eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Visored bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas, including eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Visored bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas, including eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Visored bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas, including eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
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Biology, diet
They feed solely on fruit
Biology, activity
They are nocturnal, and either solitary or found in pairs
Distribution and habitat, realm
They inhabit a range of forest environments from tropical rainforest to montane cloud forest, and from sea level to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) along the eastern slopes of the Andes.
Biology, living status
Relatively little is known of the biology of visored bats, because they seem to be rare, and only a few specimens have been collected.
Distribution and habitat
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas, including eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The visored bat, (Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum), is a bat species from tropical South America.
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat, biomes
They inhabit a range of forest environments from tropical rainforest to montane cloud forest, and from sea level to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) along the eastern slopes of the Andes.
In Biome: Cloud Forest, Distribution and habitat, cloud forest
They inhabit a range of forest environments from tropical rainforest to montane cloud forest, and from sea level to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) along the eastern slopes of the Andes.
In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, Distribution and habitat, Amazon basin
Visored bats are found throughout Venezuela, in eastern Colombia, and across the eastern Amazon basin and neighbouring areas
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web: Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity WebConservation Status, CITES
No special status
Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Scientific Classification, Family
Phyllostomidae
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