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Bat

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I took these pics in Mexico

1 Species ID Suggestions

AfriBats
AfriBats 11 years ago
New World leaf-nosed bat
Phyllostomidae


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4 Comments

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the new North American Bat Tracker mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1830...

Tupa
Tupa 13 years ago

The Jamaican, Common or Mexican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is a fruit bat native to Central and South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon resident of the Southern Bahamas. Its distinctive features include the absence of an external tail and a minimal, U-shaped interfemoral membrane. The coat is gray-brown and has a mild, soap-like odor, and is slightly paler on the underside. It is known to have a nose that looks somewhat like a third ear, and it also has pointier ears than related bats. It is typically around 9 cm in length.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_fr...

these bats were bigger than 09 cm ...

Tupa
Tupa 13 years ago

no sorry, it was in Palenque ruins - maybe it's a jamaican fruit bat

Tupa
Tupa 13 years ago

is it some kind of Leaf-nosed Bat? these bats live inside the Uxmal ruins.

Tupa
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Tupa

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Apr 21, 2008
Submitted on Apr 21, 2011

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