# Smoky bat

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The **smoky bat** (***Amorphochilus schnablii***) is a species of [bat](/source/Bat) in the family [Furipteridae](/source/Furipteridae). It is [the only species](/source/Monotypic) within the genus ***Amorphochilus***.[citation needed] 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](/source/Common_name) is also applied to another species, *[Furipterus horrens](/source/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](/source/Bat_Conservation_International) listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[1]

## References

1. ["Annual Report 2013-2014"](http://www.batcon.org/images/stories/annualreports/AnnualReport2014.pdf). *batcon.org*. Bat Conservation International. August 2014. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170707220911/http://www.batcon.org/images/stories/annualreports/AnnualReport2014.pdf) July 7, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

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