Join for FREE
It only takes a minute!

Welcome to BirdForum.
BirdForum is the net's largest birding community, dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE! You are most welcome to register for an account, which allows you to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread
Old Wednesday 30th August 2006, 18:40   #1
Daveash
Registered User

 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Brasil
Posts: 162
Bat ID please

I put this in the bird section first of all but Jane said I should try my luck in the mammal section. She also said it has an uncommonly cheery look, I think it looks as though it would like to take a bite out me. Maybe a smiling assassin.

Can someone ID for me please.

many thanks

Dave


Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	DSC_0091a.jpg
Views:	188
Size:	170.7 KB
ID:	57016  
Daveash is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Friday 1st September 2006, 11:25   #2
Papuan birder
- Lost in the Pacific -
 
Papuan birder's Avatar

 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Far North(ish) Australia
Posts: 545
Hello,

Where was the photo taken? its defenitely some sort of S. american fruit-bat altough there is some 30-40 of them in S.america so a name on locality would help very much
__________________
-- Mammals of Papua -- http://www.mammals-of-papua.webs.com/
- Last lifer #7338 Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis
- Last mammal #814 Sumatran Surili Presbytis melalophos
Papuan birder is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Sunday 3rd September 2006, 21:08   #3
Daveash
Registered User

 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Brasil
Posts: 162
Quote:
Originally Posted by Papuan birder
Hello,

Where was the photo taken? its defenitely some sort of S. american fruit-bat altough there is some 30-40 of them in S.america so a name on locality would help very much
It was taken in the cellar of my house in Macae, RJ. Brasil. Hope this helps. Many thanks
Daveash
Daveash is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Tuesday 13th February 2007, 12:31   #4
JWN Andrewes
Poor Judge of Pasta.
 
JWN Andrewes's Avatar

 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Flintshire, UK
Posts: 2,107
Looks very like a Seba's Bat (Carollia perspicillata) - a widespread neotropical fruit eating species, but I don't know offhand what the confusion species in your area might be. They are cave roosters but are occasionally found in buildings.

James
__________________
Last Lifer - (1958) Clarke's Nutcracker.
Last UK - (443) Pallid Swift.
Last Garden - (91) Waxwing.
Last 2013 Garden - (65) Shelduck.
JWN Andrewes is offline  
Reply With Quote
Advertisement
Reply


Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

{googleads}
Fatbirder's Top 1000 Birding Websites

Search the net with ask.com
Help support BirdForum
Ask.com and get

Page generated in 0.12812495 seconds with 13 queries
All times are GMT. The time now is 03:21.