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Geoffroy's tailless bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Glossophaginae
Species : Anoura geoffroyi
The Geoffroy's tailless bat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Geoffroy
A young / baby of a Geoffroy is called a 'pup'. A Geoffroy group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Countries
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
Facts about the Geoffroy's tailless bat
Geographic Range Anoura geoffroyi, Geoffroy's tailless bat, is found from central Mexico to central South America and in Trinidad and Grenada. (Full text)
An endogenous circannual rhythm of reproduction in a tropical bat, Anoura geoffroyi, is not entrained by photoperiod. (Full text)
According to Koopman (1981), Anoura geoffroyi is a more primitive and more generalized nectarivore than L. (Full text)