Striped Hairy-nosed Bat

Striped Hairy-nosed BatThe striped hairy-nosed bat uses tree cavities as daytime roosts in lowland rainforest. It mainly eats insects and spiders, although fruit has also been recorded in its diet.What does it look like?It has a leaf-shaped noseleaf. Females are reported to have a wider noseleaf and larger spear than males.How does it live?The striped hairy-nosed bat uses tree cavities as daytime roosts in lowland rainforest. It mainly eats insects and spiders, although fruit has also been recorded in its diet.It roosts by day in lowland tree cavities and gleans insects and spiders in the forest understory. Small vertebrates and other foods are also reported; seeds in feces documented fruit eating by bats captured in Colombia.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.