Perception Channels: tactile ; chemical
These bats are common in lowland forests.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern
May occasionally damage fruit crops.
Important dispersers of seeds and pollinators of many species of tropical plants.
Uroderma feed predominately on fruit, but they may take some pollen, nectar, and insects associated with flowers and fruit.
Southern Mexico to Peru and SE Brazil
Biogeographic Regions: neotropical (Native )
A lowland forest species.
Terrestrial Biomes: forest ; rainforest ; scrub forest
A small phyllostomid, forearm around 42 mm long. Dark grayish brown with a narrow white line down the middle of the upper back, and a distinct white line above and below each eye. No external tail, and the tail membrane is narrow and lacks a fringe. The external ears are rimmed with yellow. The upper middle incisors are distinctively bilobed. Dental formula 2/2, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3.
Other Physical Features: endothermic ; bilateral symmetry
The timing of the reproductive cycle varies seasonally. In Panama, Uroderma breed twice yearly, and birth to correlate with the fruiting and flowering cycle of plants. A single young is born after a gestation of 4 or 5 months.
Key Reproductive Features: gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual
