Tent-making bat

Yellow-eared bat ( Uroderma bilobatum )

The Yellow-eared Bat ( Uroderma bilobatum ), also sometimes referred to as tent End of construction Bat, is a bat species from the family of sheet tabs. It comes from Mexico to northern South America before. Occasionally the name Yellow-eared bat is used for the white bat, but for the end of construction tent bat it is more common.

Description

The Yellow-eared bat reaches a head-body length of 54 to 74 mm, a Vorderarmlänge 39-45 mm and a weight of 13 to 21 grams. The body is generally gray-brown. The face is crisscrossed with four white stripes. On the rear back there is a bright center strip and the ears have yellow edges. The upright, pointed nose leaf has rounded sides on a fleshy horseshoe-shaped curvature. The tail is barely visible.

Occurrence

The Yellow-eared bat inhabits lowland rainforests and occasionally gardens in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.

Way of life

The resting places of the kind are tent-like protective hiding places, which are built of palm or banana leaves. These gnaws the bat on a relatively straight line at the center of the page. Then the leaves fold together and provide protection from predators and the weather. During the day, two to fifty animals gather under the leaves. The main diet consists of fruits and nectar that is gathered from the chewed fruit. In addition enrich insect food supply. Pregnant females were observed from December to July in Central America and in January, July, August, September and November in South America. Usually comes a young one.