In celebration of Bat Appreciation Day and International Bat Week, I’m posting this short video of my favorite species of bat.
The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba), is also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat.
They are found not only in Honduras but also in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
They are characterized by having distinctive, entirely snow-white fur, which is only found in six of the roughly 1,300 known species of bat.
Notice the yellow-orange coloration of its ears, nose, and lips. Recently, scientists discovered that the color originates from carotenoid pigments ingested from the bat’s primary food source – the fruits from a particular species of fig, Ficus colubrinae.
The bats roost during the day in small colonies on the undersides of leaves, particularly those of Heliconia, a type of bird-of-paradise plant. The bats modify these leaves by cutting the leaf’s central rib with its teeth, making it fold over into a v-shaped tent.
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