Thomas's Shaggy Bat

Thomas's Shaggy BatThomas’s shaggy bat is a rare, long-furred bat found mainly in lowland forests from Central America to Peru. A Costa Rican specimen contained plant hoppers and other insects.What does it look like?It has shaggy, long fur.How does it live?Thomas’s shaggy bat is a rare, long-furred bat found mainly in lowland forests from Central America to Peru. A Costa Rican specimen contained plant hoppers and other insects.The stomach of one bat caught in seasonally flooded forest in northeastern Costa Rica contained mainly plant hoppers, along with beetle and possible grasshopper remains.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.