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Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat

Dermanura phaeotis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 4, February 8, March 12, April 9, May 7, June 9, July 14, August 8, September 3, October 9, November 6, December 12.
Mexico101
Yucatan27
Quintana Roo20
Campeche15
Jalisco9
Colima8
Costa Rica6
Provincia Puntarenas5
Chiapas4
Michoacan de Ocampo4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderBats · Chiroptera
FamilyNew World Leaf-nosed Bats · Phyllostomidae
GenusDermanura

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