Animalz

Chiroderma

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mexican Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma scopaeum

    This Mexican bat has records along the Pacific side of the country and as far east as Veracruz. It uses dry forest and riparian forest.

  • Little Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma trinitatum

    A 2020 revision treated C. gorgasi, formerly included in C. trinitatum, as a separate species. In the revised C. trinitatum sample, facial stripes appeared in all specimens and a median dorsal stripe in 111 of 113; a separate Peru study recorded the bat in a forest-agriculture landscape.

  • 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.

  • Handley's Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma gorgasi

    This fruit-eating bat is recorded from Central America and northwestern South America. It uses figs, and specimens have been caught in forest canopy and subcanopy nets.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Little Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma trinitatum

    A 2020 revision treated C. gorgasi, formerly included in C. trinitatum, as a separate species. In the revised C. trinitatum sample, facial stripes appeared in all specimens and a median dorsal stripe in 111 of 113; a separate Peru study recorded the bat in a forest-agriculture landscape.

  • Mexican Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma scopaeum

    This Mexican bat has records along the Pacific side of the country and as far east as Veracruz. It uses dry forest and riparian forest.