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Thyropteridae Family - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/chiroptera/thyropteridae

This family of neotropical bats contains one genus with two species. Their common name is derived from the suction cups found on the wrists and ankles of these animals. These bats roost, head-up, inside the smooth tubes formed as young banana or heliconia leaves unfurl.

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Disk-winged Bats, or New World Sucker-footed Bats - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/chiroptera/chiroptera.thyropteridae.thyrop

The single known genus, Thyroptera, contains two species.

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