Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

Highland Yellow-shouldered BatThe highland yellow-shouldered bat ranges along the western slopes of the northern Andes. In 2021, a record from Ecuador documented a subadult female feeding on fruit.What does it look like?One individual examined in Ecuador had flattened lower molars, bicuspid central incisors, and brown skin.How does it live?The highland yellow-shouldered bat ranges along the western slopes of the northern Andes. In 2021, a record from Ecuador documented a subadult female feeding on fruit.A subadult female captured in 2021 was offered a ripe Piper aduncum fruit. Video showed her biting it with her molars and using her tongue to take the pulp; feeding lasted 2 minutes and 26 seconds.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.