Southern little yellow-eared bat

Description

Vampyressa pusilla is a mammal species first described by Wagner in 1843.Vampyressa pusilla is part of the genus Vampyressa and the family leaf noses.The IUCN categorizes the species globally as insufficiently studied.No subspecies are listed.Artepity pusilla in the scientific name is Latinand means small.The species is with 30 to 33 mm long forearms smaller than Vampyressa melissa and Vampyressa nymphaea.It has unlike most other members of the family (except Vampyressa Melissa ) no light longitudinal line on the back of the back.The tooth formula for Vampyressa pusilla is in 2/2 C 1/1 P 2/2 M 2/2,ie 28 teeth.Vampyressa bidens has only one forehead on each side of the lower jaw and Vampyressa Melissa has three molars on each side of the lower jaw.At Vampyressa pusillathe last molar in the lower jaw is as long as the width separates the species from Vampyressa Brocki and Vampyressa Nymphaea.Vampyressa pusilla is also characterized by a narrow tailfly.This bat has white stripes from the nose to the head.The fur color on the top is light brown with pink shadow.A skin flap (leaf) on the nose that characterizes all leaf nails is available.This bat is found in southern Brazil and neighboring parts of Paraguay and northern Argentina.Vampyressa pusilla,like other members of the family,mainly eats fruits and maybe other parts of the plant.It was found dormant under large leaves that turned into a kind of tent.The species is mainly active during the evening and night.Honors are likely to be poor during different seasons with two litters per year.