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Common tent-making Bat

Uroderma bilobatum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 39, February 39, March 40, April 21, May 30, June 28, July 22, August 30, September 6, October 7, November 18, December 17.
Costa Rica297
Provincia Puntarenas196
Panama76
Colombia50
Provincia Alajuela44
Colón Province32
Provincia de Panamá26
Cundinamarca20
Provincia San José18
Provincia Heredia16

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
GenusTent-making Bats · Uroderma

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