Big-eared woolly bat

Chrotopterus auritus is a bat species from the family of leaf lobes ( Phyllostomidae ), which is native to Central and South America.

Description

Chrotopterus auritus is with a body weight of 75-96 g of one of the largest bats worldwide. The total length is 110-125 mm. Only three other species of bats, which are also found in the new world of comparable size: the Great Lanz nose, Phylloderma stenops and the Great spear leaf nose. The back skin of Chrotopterus auritus is about 12 mm long, more than twice as long as that of the other three similarly sized species. It also has more ears (> 40 mm), which are not interconnected. The tragus is small and pointed. The coat is dense and woolly, black-gray or brown, and thus darker than that of Phylloderma stenops and the great lance nose. The thumbs are long and end in a long, curved claw. The forearms are hairy. The short tail (<15 mm) is completely embedded in the tail wing membrane. The nose blade is long and wide and relatively large eyes.

Way of life

Chrotopterus auritus inhabited tropical rainforest and cloud forest. She is like most bats nocturnal. During the day it hangs in groups of 1-7 individuals in caves, mines, abandoned buildings, hollow termite nests and hollow trees. Their diet consists of insects and small vertebrates such as small lizards of the genus Thecadactylus, small doves of the genus Columbina, ants birds, tanagers, shrews, and mice Mausopossums. Small mammals are killed by neck or throat bite, while in birds, a bite is applied in the upper head. The maximum weight of the prey is in this case 70 g Other bat species are also likely to prey spectrum of Chrotopterus auritus. As with many other sheet tabs one young is born per litter. The mating season is likely to vary with the region, but it is assumed that the animals come into estrus only once a year.

Distribution and habitat

Chrotopterus auritus comes from southern Mexico to northern Argentina before, with the exception of the Andean regions. Your stock is classified by the IUCN due to the widespread than safely.