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Gray Sac-winged Bat

Balantiopteryx plicata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 23, February 46, March 27, April 54, May 32, June 24, July 45, August 43, September 28, October 28, November 28, December 24.
Mexico402
Oaxaca150
Sinaloa78
Colima35
Guerrero29
Jalisco29
Costa Rica23
Morelos21
Nayarit17
Provincia Guanacaste17

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
FamilySac-winged Bats · Emballonuridae
GenusBalantiopteryx

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