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Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus helleri

Description:

A medium-small sized fruit eating bat. Brown body, with facial stripes and yellow ears, middorsal line with narrow tail membrane , furred on edge.

Habitat:

From the middle of Mexico to Brazil. In primary forest and disturbed areas. I found in Chetumal city (Quintana Roo, Mexico)

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3 Comments

NatalusStramineus
NatalusStramineus 11 years ago

Thanks, I just join to NNAB :)

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...

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

Your third photo of this cutie is very good (and may be better in the first position). Did you see the Halloween blog about bats? http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3470520...

NatalusStramineus
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NatalusStramineus

Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Nov 2, 2012
Submitted on Nov 3, 2012

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