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Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx sp.

4 Comments

nosarasue
nosarasue 10 years ago

Thanks, as always, I'm learning. cheers.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

I know for sure and you too, if you look at the stripes on the legs: No stripes = Saccopteryx sp., whitish stripes = Rhynchonycteris naso.
http://fireflyforest.net/images/firefly/...

nosarasue
nosarasue 10 years ago

Hi Bayucca - I've got two pages of images up right now of your suggestion and what I thought it was, and honestly they look exactly the same to me! If you are certain then I will change it because I sure don't know!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

It is either Saccopteryx bilineata or Saccopteryx leptura. Can't tell for sure which one.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/862...
http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i00...

nosarasue
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nosarasue

Costa Rica

Spotted on Nov 21, 2013
Submitted on Nov 21, 2013

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