Animalz

Stenodermatinae

  • Stenodermatini
  • Sturnirini
  • Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis

    The Jamaican fruit-eating bat has pale facial stripes and a leaf-shaped noseleaf. It is active at night, eats fruit, and may fold leaves into a tent-like roost.

  • 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.

  • Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba

    This small bat's fur ranges from gray to white. It has a yellow leaf-shaped nose and spends the day in a shelter made from a folded leaf.

  • Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) lituratus

    This large fruit-eating bat has fur ranging from light to dark brown. It flies among trees at night and forages with other bats for 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.

  • Wrinkle-faced Bat Centurio senex

    The wrinkle-faced bat has folds of skin around its broad, flat face, giving it a wrinkled look. It is nocturnal and eats fruit.

  • 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.

  • Cuban Fig-eating Bat Phyllops falcatus

    The Cuban fig-eating bat is a medium-sized bat recorded in Cuba and on Hispaniola. It has white shoulder patches, while information about its food comes from only a few observations of fruit and seeds.

  • Tree Bat Ardops nichollsi

    The lesser Antillean tree bat has brown fur and a white spot where the wing joins the body. It is thought to roost in woody vegetation on Dominica, but field observations are limited.