Furipteridae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2019 2019-10-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats 412 417 book chapter 3256 10.5281/zenodo.5733446 9953df2f-b6bb-408a-980c-146175454d39 978-84-16728-19-0 5733446 Family FURIPTERIDAE (SMOKY BAT THUMBLESS BAT) • Small bats with thumb embedded in patagium, except tiny claw; pair of functional abdominal mammae; long, thick smoky to slate-gray dorsal fur, paler on venter;tail encased in uropatagium; muzzle blunt with oval or triangular nostrils; and large funnel-shaped ears. • 5-8 cm. • Neotropical Region. • Deserts into tropical deciduous and evergreen forests. • 2 genera, 2 species, 2 taxa. • 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.