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Common tent-making bat

Common Tent-making Bat
Uroderma bilobatum Common Tent-making Bat image
Size: body=6.5 cm; weight=15 g 
Description: Medium-sized greyish bat with white stripe down back. Four white stripes on face and paler edging on ears. The muzzle is relatively robust with a deep rostrum. 
Activity: Nocturnal. 
Habits: Feeds primarily on fruit, supplemented with insects and nectar. Is probably an obligate “tent” rooster. Tents are made by the bat biting through a leaf, such as palm, until the leaf droops over to form a shelter. There many be up to 50 bats clustered together under a tent. 
Habitat: Lowland rainforest, but also disturbed areas around gardens. 
Status: Often common. 
Distribution in Iwokrama

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