Here is information about the bats found in the Amazon,
arranged by family:
Emballonuridae
Rhynchonycteris Naso
- small
- live in rocky
crevices, caves, trees, hollow logs
- have more exposed
roosts than most other bat families
- some species live
in year-round stable harems, with 2-8 females per male
Noctilionidae
- feed on insects, some species on fish and frogs
- roost near water, in hollow trees, and in deep cracks
in rocks
- the Noctilio leporinus species can swim
Mormoopidae
- small - medium size
- insectivorous
- sometimes roost in large colonies, sometimes exclusively
in caves
- Pteronotus parnellii
species eats only moths, butterflies, and beetles
Natalidae
- small
- often roost in caves or mines
- have social groups that range in size from very large
to less than ten
- eat exclusively small insects
Furipteridae
- very small
- insectivorous (mainly butterflies and moths)
- live in colonies of about 100 to 150 individuals,
sometimes more than 300
- live in mainly in caves, occasionally in moist areas
or logs
Thyropteriae
- small
- have suction cups on wrists and ankles
- roost head up, inside tubes formed as young banana/heliconia
leaves unfurl
- Thyroptera discifera
species is insectivorous
- Thyroptera tricolor
species
- predators don't usually notice this species
- consumes 1 gram of insects a night
Vespertilionidae
- largest family of bats (in number) with 318 species
- huge variation in characteristics
- mainly roost in caves
Molossidae
- small to moderately large
- insectivorous, catch prey on wing
all information gathered from: animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/chiroptera.html
a
nd from:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/chiroptera/chiroptera.html