Andy Adcock
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Costa Rican Bats for ID (1 Viewer)
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batdan
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Hello Andy,
Nice finds:
1. 4587 These are from the genus Lophostoma spp. - they look like Lophostoma silvicolum rather than the smaller Lophosotmas brasiliense amazing bats that create the cavity in the termites nest by using their front incisors which have an amazingly powerful bite force.
2. 4591 The genus is Artibeus and one of the smaller species so likely to be Artibeus toltecus or watsoni
3. 5526 looks like Carollia spp. a few possible species but likely to be Carollia perspicillata
Sorry I cant be 100% sure of the ID as a few of the species need measurements or dentition to split the species but some really great bats!
Happy batting,
Daniel ^8^
Nice finds:
1. 4587 These are from the genus Lophostoma spp. - they look like Lophostoma silvicolum rather than the smaller Lophosotmas brasiliense amazing bats that create the cavity in the termites nest by using their front incisors which have an amazingly powerful bite force.
2. 4591 The genus is Artibeus and one of the smaller species so likely to be Artibeus toltecus or watsoni
3. 5526 looks like Carollia spp. a few possible species but likely to be Carollia perspicillata
Sorry I cant be 100% sure of the ID as a few of the species need measurements or dentition to split the species but some really great bats!
Happy batting,
Daniel ^8^
hummingbird2
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We get these large gray bats in Washington State, nearby the Green River. I thought that bats were either fruit or vampire. When seen the pictures automatically thought fruit bat! So are these large gray bats considered a fruit bat or could it be one of different species out there?
Andy Adcock
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Thanks Dan,
I got this from a Bat expert in Costa Rica
The 4591 is Artibes jamaicensis,
5526: Glossophaga sp (it is hard to identify by species with a picture)
5526: Tonatia saurophila.
Andy
I got this from a Bat expert in Costa Rica
The 4591 is Artibes jamaicensis,
5526: Glossophaga sp (it is hard to identify by species with a picture)
5526: Tonatia saurophila.
Andy
Andy Adcock
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Fruit bats are an exclusively old world group, so no
Well they are frugivores so technically they are Fruit Bats though a different genus.
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