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The smoky bat (''Amorphochilus schnablii'') is a species of bat in the family Furipteridae. It is the only species within the genus ''Amorphochilus''. Its natural habitat is rocky shores.
It is also called the thumbless bat because its thumb is partly enclosed in its wing; this 
common name
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is also applied to another species, '' Furipterus horrens''. They lives in western Peru, western Ecuador, Puna island (Ecuador) and northern Chile. and can be found in groups of up to 300 bats. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.
Smoky bats are nocturnal and insectivorous animals that like to fly very close to the ground to catch their prey. They roost in hidden areas such as small crevices.Duda, R., Dalapicolla, J., & Costa, L. P. (2012)
References
Bats of South America Furipteridae Mammals of Chile Mammals of Ecuador Mammals of Peru Mammals described in 1877 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Endangered animals Endangered biota of South America Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{bat-stub