The silver fruit-eating bat (''Dermanura glauca'') is a

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n bat species of the family Phyllostomidae.

Description

The silver fruit-eating bat is a small bat, measuring only in head-body length and weighing . It has dark brown fur which varies little over the body, with faint stripes of paler fur above each eye. Unlike many closely related species found in the same area, the edges of the ears and nose-leaf are said to be bright yellow in colour.

Distribution and biology

Silver fruit-eating bats are found across the northern

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, from

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. They inhabit lowland to mid altitude forested terrain between . They feed on fruits found in the canopy of tropical to temperate forests and roost under cut leaves of banana or palm trees during the day. They breed throughout the year, but with two distinct peaks. There are no recognised subspecies, although this was not the case prior to 2008, when the Bogota fruit-eating bat (''

Dermanura bogotensis The Bogota fruit-eating bat (''Dermanura bogotensis'') is a species of bat found in South America. Taxonomy and etymology This bat was described in 1906 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. He described it as a subspecies of the Gervais's fruit ...

''), of Venezuela and the Guianas, was raised to full species status.

References

Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Mammals of Colombia Mammals described in 1893 Dermanura Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{leafnosed-bat-stub