Neotropical Region: found on Puna Island off the cost of Equador [ Nowak, 1997], along the coast of Peru, on an island in northern Peru, and in northern Chile.

Found in forests, arid regions and in cultivatied areas; caves and abandoned buildings.

The color of fur ranges from slate gray to dark brown. In this family (Furipteridae) the thumb is greatly reduced and the claw is absent, or if not absent it is non-functional. The thumb has actually become included in the propatagium. The forearm is approximately 30mm in length. The tail is approximately 30mm long and ends just short of the border of the uropatagium. The teeth are dilambdadont. The noseleaf is lacking or greatly reduced. Amorphochilus schnablii differs from ~Furipterus horrens` in the height of the braincase and in lacking wartlike growths on its muzzle and lips. These growths might be used for tasting its food.

Found in small groups up to 300 individuals.

Amorphochilus schnablii mainly eat moths and butterflies