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Fringe-lipped Bat
Finge-lipped Bats(Trachops cirrhosus) are flying mammals that have no known fossils. Trachops cirrhosus has three subspecies currently known today. They range from southern Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil.

Taxonomy

 * Order Chiroptera
 * Suborder Microchiroptera
 * Family Phyllostomidae
 * Subfamily Phyllostominae
 * Genus Trachops
 * Species cirrhosus

Morphology
The Fringe-lipped bat has wart-like bumps on its lips and muzzle which gives it its name. The bat has an overall color of a reddish brown but has gray on its belly. The fur is long and woolly. It is medium in size, about 32 grams .The tail is short. It has a nose leaf with serrated edges. It has two pairs of lower incisors with three pairs of lower premolars. The molars have tubercular depressions with w-shaped cusps. The rostrum is shorter than the braincase but equal to the width of the braincase. It has a low wing-aspect ratio and high wing loading.

Reproduction and Development
Fringe-lipped bats generally mate during the dry season in the tropics usually from January to June. There is no real difference in appearance between the male and the female. They give birth to one offspring at a time. The young can stay with the parents for a considerable amount of time. )

Ecology
Their preferred habitat is near ponds or streams. They roost in tress or hollow logs and sometimes in caves. They like tropical dry and moist forests. Trachops cirrhosus is an opportunistic foliage gleaning omnivore eating mainly insects with some lizards, frogs, fruits, and seeds. They sometimes share roosts with other species of bats. They are sometime preyed upon by gray four-eyed opossums.

Behavior
Trachops cirrhosus roost in groups of up to 50 individuals and both sexes roost together. They emerge from the roosts early when there is still daylight because that is the best time to hunt frogs. They hunt in continuous flight or sally out from perches. They hunt by following sounds of insects and frogs by using echolocation.

Conservation
The current conservation status of Trachops cirrhosus is least concern because their populations are currently stable. Because it is stable there are no conservation action plans. But because of its feeding habits they are placed in a precarious position which puts them at risk from human activity.