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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This bat is basically frugivorous, however other aspects of its ecology are poorly known. Commonly found in subtropical wet forest habitats in Venezuela at elevations ranging from 700 to 2,100 m (Handley 1976), it predominates at highland rain forest approximately 500-1,500 m (Velasco 2005, Lim pers. comm.).
Range:
This species is found in the highlands of eastern Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname above 500 m (Velazco 2005). This species is one of the very few bats endemic to the Guianan highlands (Lim pers. comm.). Specimens previously reported from Colombia appear to have been misidentified (Simmons 2005, Velazco 2005). Expected but still unreported from adjacent northern Brazil (Gardner 2008).
Conservation:
Occurs in protected areas in the tepuis. It is necessary to reduce deforestation associated to mining activities.