Animalz

Vampyressina

  • Chiroderma
  • Mesophylla
  • Platyrrhinus
  • Uroderma
  • Vampyressa
  • Vampyriscus
  • Vampyrodes
  • Common Tent-making Bat Uroderma bilobatum

    The common tent-making bat chews leaf veins to create a resting place beneath a drooping leaf. It feeds mainly on fruit.

  • White-lined Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus lineatus

    The white-lined broad-nosed bat is a South American bat marked by a white stripe on its back. It is nocturnal and mainly eats fruit.

  • Caracciolo's Stripe-faced Bat Vampyrodes caraccioli

    Caracciolo's stripe-faced bat is a fruit-eating bat marked with white lines on its face and back. In Bolivia, it feeds mainly on figs and roosts high in the canopy.

  • Salvin's Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma salvini

    Salvin's big-eyed bat ranges from Central America into northwestern South America. It has pale stripes on the face and along the back.

  • Little Yellow-eared Bat Vampyressa pusilla

    The little yellow-eared bat is small, with yellow-edged ears and no tail. It roosts in leaf tents and mainly eats small fruits.

  • MacConnell's Bat Mesophylla macconnelli

    Among the smallest fruit-eating bats, it uses leaf tents as roosts. It has a broad range across humid forests of Central and South America.

  • Hairy Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma villosum

    The hairy big-eyed bat has tricolored dorsal fur and long guard hairs. A 2024 report documented the first Cozumel Island record in Mexico from one bat captured in semideciduous forest.

  • Buffy Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus infuscus

    This fruit-eating bat occurs in several countries of northwestern South America. One diet study was conducted in montane forest in central Peru.

  • Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma improvisum

    The Guadeloupe big-eyed bat is a large big-eyed bat recorded on islands of the Lesser Antilles. It has white facial and dorsal markings, while detailed natural-history records remain sparse.

  • Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat Vampyriscus bidens

    The Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat is a small leaf-nosed bat recorded in South American forests. In Bolivia it has been observed in primary and secondary forest, with roosts under palm or banana leaves.

  • Thomas's Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus dorsalis

    This bat has a white stripe along its back. A survey in western Ecuador recorded specimens at several lowland sites.

  • Brazilian Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma doriae

    The Brazilian big-eyed bat has distinctive white lines on its face and back. It is recorded in many Brazilian habitats and often feeds on wild figs.