Family THYROPTERIDAE

(DISK-WINGED BATS)

• Small insectivorous bats with elongated slender muzzle and funnel-shaped ears and characterized by round or oval adhesive pads or disks on soles of hindfeet and below thumbs.

• 6-9 cm.

• Neotropical Region.

• Lowland tropical forests.

• 1 genus, 5 species, 5 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.